A pensioner has been rescued from a flat fire which was started by a hob.

Firefighters were called to a fire at a flat in The Acorns, Sevenoaks, at around 9.20am.

One elderly resident was given oxygen therapy and passed in to the care of SECAmb, after breathing in smoke.

The fire, which started in the hob, is being treated as accidental and was put out by 9.40am.