Kent Fire and Rescue Service responded to reports of a house fire in Fernleigh Rise in Ditton, Aylesford. Three fire engines attended, and crews wearing breathing apparatus tackled a fire in the kitchen with hose reel jets. A high pressure fan was used to clear the property of smoke.
A man was handed into the care of SECAmb paramedics for precautionary checks due to smoke inhalation, and sadly, a cat and a dog died at the scene.