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Two fire engines in a residential road with their blue lights on and firefighters getting equipment off the side. On one side of the road, cars are parked and smoke is billowing in the background

Crews tackle blaze with firefighting robot

The fire service says it was called to Alexandra Road in Margate in the early hours of Saturday.

An aerial view of the house fire in Grand Drive with fire engines in the street and smoke coming from the burnt out house

Cause of Herne Bay house fire under investigation

Six fire engines and a height vehicle attended the blaze which broke out in Grand Drive on Friday.

A red robot with road wheels and a silver hose approached a fire in a smoke-filled metal room.

Firefighting robot tackles blazes in Kent

The remote technology can climb stairs and detect fire hotspots, says Kent Fire and Rescue Service.

Two firefighters with torches inside a smoke-filled building.

Outbuilding fire believed to be deliberate

Nobody was injured in the blaze in Sheerness, but the cause is believed to be deliberate.

A huge fire on a bus with smoke bellowing out of it

Main route reopens after bus blaze caused closure

Four fire engines attended the fire which broke out on a double-decker bus on Friday morning.

A police car blocking the road. There is a silver car crashed into the trees to the right.

Trapped pair freed from vehicle after crash

Firefighters used hydraulic rescue equipment to extricate two people from a vehicle.

Firemans helmet hanging by fire engine in fire station - stock photo

Fire crews attend 'suspicious' car blaze

Kent Fire and Rescue Service said there were no reported injuries from the fire on Friday night.

A fire engine in front of a row of houses in Wild Ash Croft, Sittingbourne. One window is damaged by the fire in a house behind the fire engine.

Firefighters tackle bedroom fire

The cause of the fire is not known, but remains under investigation.

An external view of a large mill building in red brick and will trees and shrubs in front of it. Many of the windows don't have any glass in them and further up the street there are more trees and buildings just visible.

Derelict building fire treated as suspicious

The fire service says the cause of the blaze in Ashford, Kent, is not yet known.