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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

House fire - Folkestone

Incident details

A man has been treated for the effects of breathing in smoke following a fire in a property on Marshall Street, Folkestone.

Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus tackled the fire on the ground floor using a high-pressure hose reel jet. Smoke and fumes were then driven from the property with a positive pressure ventilation fan.

The occupier was passed to the care of paramedics for transport to hospital. The cause of the fire is not known.

Start date and time

01/09/2018 16:50

Stop date and time

01/09/2018 17:26

Map - location shows general area of incident

Marshall Street
Folkestone
Kent
CT19
United Kingdom

Number of fire engines

Equipment

Firefighting - High-pressure hose reel jet
Firefighting - Positive pressure ventilation fan
Medical - Oxygen therapy
PPE - Breathing apparatus

Partner agencies

Kent Police
South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb)