Sixteen firefighters tackled a house blaze which destroyed a bedroom.

Crews in three fire engines rushed to Bekesbourne Lane in Canterbury just before 7pm last night.

They extinguished the blaze but not before they could not stop a bedroom from being engulfed in flames.

The family evacuated the property before the fire teams arrived, and Red Cross workers provided emotional support.

The cause of the incident is not yet known.

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