A person has suffered burns to their head after a house fire.

Firefighters were called to a property in Pier Avenue, Herne Bay after reports of a blaze at around 12.30pm yesterday.

Two fire engines attended the scene, and crews wearing breathing apparatus extinguished the flames using a hose reel jet.

One person was handed into the care of paramedics after suffering “minor burns to their head”.

The cause of the fire is not yet known.