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Resident of Old Rectory care home rescued by KFRS from a roof in Sandwich Road, Ash

00:00, 03 June 2014

updated: 14:13, 03 June 2014

A woman was rescued from the roof of a three-storey building in Ash on Monday night.

Ramsgate and Sandwich firefighters were called at 10pm to an building on Sandwich Road to assist a woman on the roof.

A height vehicle was employed and police and an ambulance were also in attendance.

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The woman was returned to the ground safely and was not injured.

A KFRS spokesman said: "We have no details as to who she was or why she was on the roof."

Kent Police confirmed the woman was a resident of the care home on Sandwich Road, believed to be the Old Rectory care home.

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