An air ambulance takes off from Rusthall Common after a woman suffered life-threatening burns. Picture: KMJ Property

A woman is in a stable condition in hospital today after witnesses reported her ablaze outside flats.

She was airlifted to hospital yesterday with serious burns following the blaze at a flat in Rusthall, near Tunbridge Wells.

Kent Police said she is now stable in the specialist burns unit in East Grinsted.

Officers were called to the three-storey building in Gladstone Road at about 3pm on Monday.

Witnesses reported the woman being on fire outside the block.

She was treated by paramedics at the scene before taken to hospital for her burns, which were believed to be life-threatening.

A Kent Police spokesman said the cause of the blaze, in a first-floor flat, is not yet known.

An air ambulance was spotted landing in Rusthall Common near the scene.

Two fire crews wearing breathing apparatus tackled the blaze, which was out by about 3.30pm.