A fire which tore through a haystack for more than 30 hours has been put out.

A section of the A251 was closed when 100 hay bales caught fire near Challock on Wednesday.

Firefighters were at the scene - by the junction with Shottenden Road - overnight to quell the flames, eventually succeeding at 7.31pm yesterday.

Drivers passing this morning noted that some of the pile was still smouldering.

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