Three dogs were rescued and treated for the effects of breathing in smoke after a house fire.

The animals were pulled from the burning four-storey building in Weston Road, Strood, and given oxygen therapy.

Firefighters were called at 7pm, and spent an hour putting out the flames and treating the pets.

The blaze, which is being treated as accidental, started on the ground-floor kitchen.

Crews entered the house wearing breathing apparatus, doused the flames and used a fan to clear smoke from the property.

No one else was injured.