Firefighters had to treat a man for smoke inhalation after a blaze in the basement of a four-storey building.

Emergency services were called to Beulah Road, Tunbridge Wells, just before 4.30am after witnesses reported seeing smoke coming out of the block of flats.

The man, believed to be in his 20s, who was treated for the effects of breathing in smoke, was passed into the care of paramedics.

There were no other reported injuries and the cause of the fire is currently unknown.

Crews left the scene just after 5.30am.