Debbie Taylor was one of several motorists who stopped to help stop the flames spreading, before firefighters arrived last Monday. She told the Standard: “I was just driving past and saw some flames, pulled over and grabbed my work jacket and started to beat the fire. Other people helped with water and trying to stamp it out, while some called the fire brigade.” “What started as a little fire soon spread and would have been a lot worse,” Debbie added. They said: “We were called to Hatfield Road, Hatfield Peverel on Monday (August 3) at 3.15pm to a vehicle fire.