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Flames rip through garden centre barn

The scene at the garden centre
The scene at the garden centre

The clean-up operation has begun after a major blaze at a storage barn.

The fire broke out at around 4pm Tuesday near Brookside Nursery and Garden Centre in Seven Mile Lane, East Peckham.

A number of barns were said to be well alight. At its height around 40 firefighters tackled the blaze.


~Listen: Claire Gash, manager of Brookside Garden Centre in East Peckham, tells how the business is now counting the cost of the blaze>>>


Kent Police were also on the scene, and evacuated nearby buildings, including Brookside Garden Centre, as a precaution. It is thought there is asbestos in some of the affected buildings.

The cause of the fire is yet to be determined.


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