Fire engines raced to tackle a flat fire in the early hours of this morning.

Crews were called to a home blaze in Ebbsfleet Walk, Northfleet in Gravesend just after 4am.

A spokesman for the fire service said: “Three fire engines attended and crews, wearing breathing apparatus, used hose reel jets to extinguish the flames.”

One person was passed into the care of paramedics.

The cause is believed to be accidental.

Crews left the scene at 6.15am.