Emergency services called to Broadstairs van fire

Emergency services

Fire crews were called out to a van on fire in Broadstairs in the early hours of this morning.

The  van was on a driveway in Castle Avenue. The call out came at 1.16am.

Crews wearing breathing apparatus used a hose reel jet to put out the fire, which had spread to a hedge, a gate and a fence panel.

The cause of the fire is believed to accidental, possibly due to an electrical fault. There were no reported injuries and crews had put out the fire by 1.41am.