Firefighters were called to a Bearsted home this afternoon, where they gave one person first aid.

The fire started after a pile of logs were set alight by embers from a wood burner.

Two fire engines attended the house at Otteridge Road, extinguishing the flames and using a high pressured fan to clear the property of smoke.

One person was given first aid at the scene for smoke inhalation and taken to hospital as a precaution.

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