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Industrial oven fire in Stowting, Ashford

By: Molly Mileham-Chappell

Published: 00:00, 30 January 2017

Updated: 14:35, 30 January 2017

Firefighters were called to a fire involving an industrial oven this afternoon.

The blaze happened just after 1pm today at a single-storey industrial premises in Stowting Common, Stowting, near Ashford.

Four fire engines and a height vehicle attended, and crews wore breathing apparatus to tackle the fire.

Firefighters tackled the blaze. Stock pic.

Two main jets and water from a hydrant were used.

The building was evacuated before crews arrived and there were no reported injuries.

The incident was scaled down to two fire engines and a height vehicle at 2.10pm and crews remained on the scene using a hose reel and a thermal imaging camera to check the flames were out.

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