Final update at 8.50pm on 30 May: 

Firefighting operations are now complete at the scene of a derelict building fire in Ordnance Street, Chatham. 

No injuries have been reported and the cause is being treated as suspicious. 

Update at 6.35pm on 30 May: 

People living or travelling near Ordnance Street, Chatham, are no longer advised to keep windows and doors closed, following a derelict building fire in the area. 

Crews remain at the scene and are making good progress to fully extinguish the fire. 

No injuries have been reported. 

Please share this advice with anyone in the affected area, who might not have access to the internet.

Update at 4.50pm on 30 May: 

People living or travelling near Ordnance Street, Chatham, are advised to keep windows and doors closed due to smoke coming from a derelict building fire. 

Ten fire engines are in attendance, and firefighters wearing breathing apparatus are using hose reel jets and main jets to extinguish the flames. 

A bulk water carrier and a height vehicle are also at the scene. 

Please share this advice with anyone in the affected area, who might not have access to the internet.

Initial update: 

Kent Fire and Rescue Service is responding to a fire at a derelict building in Ordnance Street, Chatham. 

Control operators have sent ten fire engines to the scene, as well as a bulk water carrier and a height vehicle. 

Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus are working to extinguish the fire, and officers from Kent Police are also in attendance to help with traffic control.