The main road to the Isle of Grain is now re-opened after the emergency services were called out at National Grid’s LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) plant.

Firefighters were called out to the plant shortly after 10.40am and closed the A228 Grain Road.

The road was blocked from Lower Stoke to Grain village.

Several people posted comments about it on The Isle Of Grain Appreciation Society’s Facebook page.

Sandra Langdridge said: “Not aloud in to Grain fireman have blocked the road at Stoke they said waiting for all clear from LNG could be half hour could be all day.”

However, a spokesman for the site said the road was reopened about an hour later and the crews were sent to the site as a precaution after smoke was detected in a switch room at the terminal.

The pant, which has facilities for the off loading and reloading of LNG from ships at two jetties on the River Medway, can handle up to 15 million tons of LNG a year.

It has the storage capacity for one million cubic metres of LNG.

The plant is owned and operated by National Grid.

A spokesman said: "We can confirm Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to the National Grid Isle of Grain LNG terminal today at 10.40 as a precautionary measure."