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Firefighters called to house in Greggswood Road in Tunbridge Wells after a tree set alight when hit by a firework
12:00, 06 November 2014
updated: 12:24, 06 November 2014
A firework hit a tree and set it alight during a garden display.
Firefighters were called to tackle the blaze, which broke out outside a Tunbridge Wells house.
Crews were called to Greggswood Road at 6.54pm yesterday and arrived seven minutes later.
The firework had been let off and landed in a tree, setting it alight.
Crews remained at the scene for 20 minutes after extinguishing the flames.
They damped down the area before leaving just before 7.30pm.
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