Firefighters were called to a car alight on a driveway in Chartham yesterday afternoon.

The incident occurred on Shalmsford Street just after 3.30pm, where the fire spread to the windows and doors at the front of a house.

Crews wearing breathing apparatus extinguished the blaze, using a compressed air foam system and hose reel jets.

Two fire engines attended the scene and the cause of the blaze is believed to be accidental, due to a mechanical issue with the car.

The property was smoke-logged as a result of the fire.

There were no reported injuries.

When the blaze was put out shortly after 4pm, the crew fitted smoke alarms in the house.