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Kent Fire and Rescue Service attends a range of incidents including fires, road crashes, flooding, rescues from height, mud or confined spaces. It also supports other agencies including Kent Police, South East Coast Ambulance Service and the Martime and Coastguard Agency on a regular basis.

The incidents shown on this page are just a sample of those which may be of interest to the public and media.

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Incident	Incident details	Start date and time	Stop date and time	Number of fire engines
Smoke alarm alerts neighbour to cooking fire	A smoke alarm sounding alerted neighbours to a fire in the kitchen of a flat in Park Place, Ashford. Firefighters were called to the scene and entered the property wearing breathing apparatus. They...	16/02/2019 16:31	16/02/2019 16:42	2
Domestic garage alight in Dartford	Firefighters were called to Maple Road, Dartford to a fire in a domestic garage. Crews wearing breathing apparatus extinguished the fire using foam. A man with burns to his hand was tending to by...	16/02/2019 11:23		2
Man rescued from River Medway near Tonbridge	Kent Fire and Rescue Service is urging people to be extra cautious around rivers and other waterways, especially at this time of year when they're swollen and flowing faster than normal. The...	13/02/2019 17:05	13/02/2019 17:45	2
Woman freed from car after two car crash near Canterbury	Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to a crash on the A260 at Denton near Canterbury. Firefighters used heavy rescue equipment to gain access to a woman in her 20s who was trapped in her car. The...	12/02/2019 08:16	12/02/2019 08:51	2
Woman freed after vehicle slides into ditch - Sevenoaks	Firefighters using hydraulic rescue equipment have released a woman who was trapped in her vehicle after it left the road, sliding into a ditch and ending up against a tree on the B245 in...	10/02/2019 20:06	10/02/2019 21:41	2
Lorry crash on M20 Juntion 3 - 2	Firefighters helped assisted with the removal of a casualty from the cab of a lorry following a crash involving a van on the London-bound carriageway of the M20 motorway between junctions 3 and 2 ....	08/02/2019 14:52	08/02/2019 15:25	2
Small fire at fish and chip shop	Firefighters were called to a fish and chip shop in Maidstone Road, Paddock Wood following reports of smoke issuing from the property. Firefighters discovered a small fire in some trunking inside the...	05/02/2019 10:14	05/02/2019 11:34	2
Update - Sutton Valence barn fire	Update 10:30am 5/02/19 Firefighters remain at the scene of a barn fire in Boyton Court Road, Sutton Valence. This incident was reduced to one fire engine at 7.30 am today and firefighters are...	04/02/2019 18:48	05/02/2019 15:12	4
Woman freed from crahed car near Canterbury	Firefighters rescued a woman who was trapped in a car that was on its side following a single-car crash in Upper Harbledown, Canterbury. Crews administered first aid to the casualty before she was...	04/02/2019 09:34	04/02/2019 09:52	2
Woman rescued from flat fire in Swanley	Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to a fire in a ground floor flat in Lullingstone Avenue, Swanley. Two fire engines attended and crews wearing breathing apparatus entered the flat and rescued...	03/02/2019 18:06	03/02/2019 19:01	2