The British Red Cross attended a fire in Rochester in the early hours of this morning.

Firefighters were called to reports of a blaze in the bedroom of a ground floor flat in Stirling Close at 4.04am.

Crews wearing breathing apparatus tackled the blaze and then cleared smoke and fumes from the premises.

The alarm was raised when a neighbour returning home spotted the fire and alerted the residents.

No one was injured in the fire and it is thought to be accidental.

Crews stood down just before 5am.