Fire has swept through a pub in a Kent village.

The White Horse pub in North Street, Headcorn went up in flames just after 6pm Tuesday.

Kent Fire and Rescue received a call saying a blaze had started in the kitchen and people were trapped inside.

Three engines, two from Maidstone and one from Headcorn, attended. By 6.28pm it was confirmed no one was inside the burning two-storey building.

A spokesman for the fire service said half the ground floor was damaged and the rest of the building was moderately damaged by smoke.