A family had to flee their home in Gravesend after their television caught fire.

A man has been seriously hurt when a large tree plunged onto four parked cars - leaving him trapped inside his vehicle.

Two teenage boys have been arrested on suspicion of arson after reports grass at a recreation ground had been set alight with petrol.

A group of shoppers watched helplessly as a Mercedes burst into flames in a car park at Bluewater this morning.

Firefighters in Folkestone dealt with five callouts throughout the night, including to a lightning strike at the home of a young family.

It was a stormy night in Gravesend but fortunately lightning struck the best place possible.

A man saved his neighbour from a smoke-logged house when he left a frying pan on his hob and fell asleep.

Dozens of firefighters have been tackling a blaze which spread through several homes at an oast house.

Patients had to be evacuated from Maidstone Hospital today when an electrical fire broke out.

Phew! It was a scorcher of a weekend for fire crews

Firefighters tackled a barn fire which also damaged a workshop and threatened to spread to nearby buildings.

Firefighters attended Craddock Road in Canterbury last night after a fire broke out in a bedsit.

Another person has been arrested in connection with two arson attacks in Sheerness.

Firefighter urge parents to educate their children on the dangers that come with hot weather

A blazing lorry carrying rubbish blocked a stretch of the M25 in Kent this afternoon.

Paramedics treated a man for burns after this car burst into flames.

Fire crews continue to monitor straw fire in Birling

Firefighters were called out to a burning log in East Malling this morning

Dartford fire crews were kept busy with numerous fires, believed to be caused by the heat.

Crews tackled weekend fire in Angley Woods, Cranbrook, for more than 19 hours