Update: Fire in Margate flats

30+ Incident Friday 18 October 2019 15:35

Friday 18 October 2019 17:06
Fire engines: 6
Partner agencies: Kent Police, South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb)

Thanet

Update at 16:15Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus have extinguished the fire in the bin chute, and the building is being ventilated. Two people are being checked over as a precaution by SECAmb paramedics, after suffering the effects of smoke inhalation. The cause of the fire is being investigated...............................Kent Fire and Rescue Service is responding to a fire in a block of flats in Millmead Road, Margate, and six fire engines are on the scene. The fire is in a section of the building’s bin chute and all residents have been evacuated. More to come.