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Four dogs die and three people are hurt as a 'suspicious' fire engulfs three vans and a car in Kent

Avery Way in Allhallows, Rochester, where three people suffered smoke inhalation and minor burns and four dogs trapped in the vehicles died at the scene.
Avery Way in Allhallows, Rochester, where three people suffered smoke inhalation and minor burns and four dogs trapped in the vehicles died at the scene.

The blaze broke out at 00:40 GMT on Avery Way, Allhallows in Rochester, destroying three vans and a car in what Kent Fire and Rescue Service is treating as arson. Five appliances responded, including a bulk water carrier, and crews wearing breathing apparatus tackled the flames with hose-reel jets.

South East Coast Ambulance Service treated three people at the scene, all of whom had suffered smoke inhalation and minor burns.

Four dogs were trapped in the vehicles and died at the scene.

Kent Police attended and has been contacted for comment on the suspicious circumstances.

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