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Fire at Ashford's William Harvey Hospital in Kennington Road

09:02, 04 July 2019

updated: 09:17, 04 July 2019

A fire broke out at a hospital.

Five fire engines and a height vehicle were dispatched to William Harvey Hospital in Willesborough, Ashford at 6.50pm last night following reports of a fire on the hospital site.

Crews wearing breathing apparatus used a hose reel jet to extinguish the fire in an incinerator building, separate to the main hospital.

Ashford William Harvey Hospital.Picture: Paul Amos. (13348941)
Ashford William Harvey Hospital.Picture: Paul Amos. (13348941)

No injuries have been reported and there was no risk to patients.

The cause of the fire - which took more than two hours to extinguish - is not yet known.

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