Emergency services called to Ramsgate fire

Fire crews were called to Ramsgate High Street Photo Mark Stanford

Fire crews were called to a property in Ramsgate High Street today (July 15).

Firefighters arrived at the scene at around 4.10pm.

Smoke was seen billowing from the upper floor of the property.

Photo Mark Stanford

Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus tackled the blaze on the first floor of the property. The fire in a bedroom was extinguished using a high-pressure hose reel jet.

There are no reports of any injuries and the cause is not known. Volunteers from KFRS and British Red Cross attended to provide support to the occupiers.