PEOPLE evacuated due to a gas leak in the Sittingbourne area were later given the all clear.

Road closures were also lifted after the area around the leak in Saffron Way, in Milton Regis, near Sittingbourne, was deemed to be safe at around 12.40pm on Thursday.

Police received a call at around 10.20am from a member of the public reporting the leak at a timber and fencing yard on the Trinity Trading Estate in Milton Regis.

People within 200 metres of the leak were evacuated while Kent Fire and Rescue Service secured the scene.

An ASDA supermarket was one of the places affected by the leak.