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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 hit a tree and set it alight
The firework hit a tree and set it alight

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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