Firefighters have dealt with a blaze at a three-storey property in Margate.

Four fire engines were sent to the scene in Clifton Walk, off Northdown Road, just after 10.40am.

Police officers helped direct traffic as fire crews extinguished the ground-floor blaze.

The cause of the incident is not yet known and an investigation into how it started has been launched.

Firefighters remained at the scene for almost an hour-and-a-half as they as they dampened the flames.

No one is reported to have been injured.

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