A woman was taken to hospital after fire broke out at a home in Ramsgate.

Emergency services were called to Hereson Road, Ramsgate, at 9.50pm yesterday.

Fire crews, wearing breathing apparatus, put out the blaze which had started in a first-floor bedroom.

The woman, who suffered smoke inhalation, was taken to hospital while fire crews remained at the scene damping down.

The cause is not yet known.