These are the dramatic moments when firefighters tackled a blaze as it began devouring a 12ft high hedge.
A crew from Ashford was called to the scene off Canterbury Road, Kennington, at 10.45am today (Thursday).

Neighbour Ted Prangnell said: “I first noticed that there were clouds of smoke and then I saw the fire gradually moving along the hedge.
“The fire brigade got there in time because it could eventually have reached the house the hedge belonged to.”
Kent Fire and Rescue Service says the fire had begun at the hedge’s furthest point from the house and went 5 to 6 metres along it, about a third of the way.
Firefighters now believe the blaze may have been started by vandals.