Six fire engines were sent to a blaze in Swanscombe today.

It comes after trees and bushes caught fire on land off Stanhope Road at around 5.25pm.

The cause is still being investigated.

A spokesman for Kent Fire and Rescue Service said: "Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to reports of trees and bushes alight on Stanhope Road in Swanscombe.

"Six fire engines were sent to the incident, and firefighters used hose reel jets to extinguish the blaze.

"No casualties were reported, and the cause has not been confirmed."

Crews left left the area at around 7.30pm.

Two fire engines were also sent to a second incident in Swanscombe, this time in Craylands Lane.

The field fire was extinguished at 7.43pm. There were no reported injuries and the cause is not yet know.

With tinder-dry conditions, stressed by a drought formally declared in Kent today, there have been heightened concerns about the increased risk of fires.

Kent Fire and Rescue Service has this year been called to more than 400 wildfires across the county, compared to just 44 in 2021.

On Thursday last week, firefighters were called to the Great Lines Heritage Park in Gillingham when a blaze broke out which could be seen for miles.

Eight fire engines and around 60 firefighters tackled a fire in Crayford on Monday, which started in an area of grassland and spread to a row of houses.

The cause of the blaze, which swept through four homes, is under investigation.

And a pylon cable fault sparked a massive field fire in Sutton Valence, Maidstone, today.