Flats in Folkestone were evacuated after a person in the third floor flat left their cooking unattended.

Crews from Folkestone and Dover were called to a reported flat fire in Trimworth Road at about 5.30pm yesterday.

When they arrived they found it was heavily smoke logged.

Watch manager Heather Heath said: "Cooking had been left unattended and filled the flat with smoke.

"We used breathing apparatus and a hose reel.

"The other flats were cleared and one male inside the building was given a precautionary check."

The flat was noticeably smoke damaged.

Crews left the scene at 6.45pm.