Fire crews attend field blaze in Broadstairs

Kent Fire and Rescue (stock image KFRS)

Fire crews have attended another field blaze in Thanet today (September 18).

Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called at 2.22pm to reports of a fire in a field of cut corn next to St Peter’s footpath in Broadstairs.

Six fire engines attended and crews used hose reel jets and wildfire equipment to extinguish the flames.

Crews finished at the scene at 3pm.

There were no reported injuries and the cause is not yet known.

KFRS has recently attended field fires in Ramsgate and Manston.