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Fire tears through pallets at yard off Smarden Bell Road between Pluckley and Smarden

10:23, 20 January 2019

updated: 07:31, 21 January 2019

Fire crews fought to tackle a large stack of pallets which caught alight.

Crews were called to a storage yard between Smarden and Pluckley on 9.30pm on Saturday.

The site was off Smarden Bell Road.

The scene of the fire. Picture courtesy of Sue Whybrow
The scene of the fire. Picture courtesy of Sue Whybrow

Staff used a forklift truck to create a gap to help stop the spread of the flames (known as a fire break), while crews used air foam to put the blaze out.

There were no injuries and the cause is not known at this stage.

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