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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.

Incident

Cigarette causes fire on balcony - Deal

Incident details

Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to a fire on a flat balcony on West Street, Deal. The fire was caused due to a discarded cigarette melting through a plant pot which was being used for discarding cigarettes melting and setting fire to the floor matting tiles. Crews used a hose reel jet to extinguish the fire.

Start date and time

04/04/2015 16:33

Stop date and time

04/04/2015 17:19

Map - location shows general area of incident

West Street
Deal
Kent
CT14 6EB
United Kingdom

Equipment

Hose reel jet (*)
(*) - Answer no longer available