Fire in flats and commercial property near Sheerness
30+ Incident Sunday 08 September 2019 04:00
Sunday 08 September 2019
11:26
Fire engines: 5
Equipment: Firefighting - High-pressure hose reel jet, PPE - Breathing apparatus
Special support vehicles: Height vehicle
Kent Fire and Rescue Service has been responding to a fire in a two storey property comprising a restaurant and flats overnight. At the height of the fire, five fire engines and a height vehicle were at the scene, and residents nearby were advised to close windows and doors - this has now been lifted. Crews wearing breathing apparatus used a hose reel jet to extinguish the fire. There are no reported injuries and the cause is being investigated.