{"id":7561,"date":"2025-12-28T19:51:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T19:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=7561"},"modified":"2025-12-28T19:51:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T19:51:27","slug":"one-child-dead-and-another-in-hospital-after-house-fire-in-kent-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=7561","title":{"rendered":"One child dead and another in hospital after house fire in Kent | UK news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">A child has died and a second has been taken to hospital after a house fire in Kent, emergency services have said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The blaze occurred in White Admiral Way in the village of Hamstreet, near Ashford, on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Kent fire and rescue service (KFRS) said \u201can intense fire\u201d had spread throughout the semi-detached property when firefighters arrived shortly after 12.10pm. Six fire engines and a height vehicle were sent to tackle the flames, it said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">A spokesperson said: \u201cSadly, one child died at the scene and another has been taken to hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Two fire crews remain at the scene to dampen down the fire, supported by a volunteer response team, and an investigation into the cause of the fire is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Ann Millington, the chief executive of KFRS, said: \u201cOur thoughts and deepest condolences are with everyone affected by this tragic incident, especially the child\u2019s loved ones. We understand this will be a distressing time for the local community and support is available at a welfare hub set up at Hamstreet village hall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Firefighters had urged people living or travelling through the area to close windows and doors due to the smoke, but this advice has now been lifted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>#child #dead #hospital #house #fire #Kent #news<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A child has died and a second &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7561"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7561\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}