A water pumping station caught fire following an electrical fault in the early hours of this morning.

Firefighters were called to the pumping station, run by Southern Water, in Old Wives Lees, near Canterbury just after 4.30am.

The fault is not believed to have been caused by last night's thunderstorm, the fire service said.

Two fire engines were sent and arrived to find smoke coming from the building.

They used dry powder extinguishers to put out the fire.

The fire was started after a fault in the electric supply causing internal wiring and fittings to catch fire.