Felines and puppies are left looking like Smurfs after packs of blue ink dust burst into flames in a shed in Essex

Felines and canines were left looking like "Smurfs" when the air turned blue in a coastline town.

The pets were a little disagreeable after sacks of ink powder burst in a fire were blown around parts of Clacton, Essex, in the breeze.

The fire broke out in a shed on Tuesday, the East Anglian Daily Times previously revealed.

Essex Fire Service said the powder was non-unsafe and was required to blur as the creatures were washed.

The fire broke out in a pontoon and shed on Coronation Road in Clacton in a matter of seconds before 21:00 GMT.

Eight sacks of blue ink powder beside the shed additionally gotten light.

Natural wellbeing officers affirmed the powder was innocuous, and a channel was burrowed to seclude it.

Be that as it may, the fire benefit said it was probably going to seethe for a few days, and the ink - conveyed in the smoke and wind - has secured close-by rooftops and porches just as a few creatures.

Developer Terry Oliver, who lives near the site told the BBC he initially understood all was not exactly right when he saw the main blue creature.

"Rarely do you see a blue feline sitting on your carport," he said.

"My daughter thought they looked like Smurf felines."

He included: "It's very blue around here and somewhat odd."

Various felines, hounds and even rabbits are accounted for to have turned blue since Tuesday.