Roof fire in Southfleet
15:30, 16 November 2020
updated: 15:33, 16 November 2020
One person was treated for suspected smoke inhalation after a fire in the roof of a house.
Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to reports of an electrical fire in the roof of a house in Southfleet, between Gravesend and Dartford, just after 12.20pm today.
Two fire engines were sent to the property in Westwood Road and crews, wearing breathing apparatus, used hose reel jets to extinguish the flames. It was all over an hour later.
One person was given precautionary checks for suspected smoke inhalation, before being passed into the care of South East Coast Ambulance Service.
The cause is believed to be accidental.
