Firefighters called to Whitstable fish bar after deep fat fryer…

Firefighters outside the fish bar. Picture: Matthew Wheeler

Fire crews from Whitstable and Herne Bay were called to Tankerton Road this afternoon, after a fish bar deep fat fryer caught alight.

Officers were called just before midday to the Seychelles Fish Bar. Crews from Herne Bay and Whitstable worked together with their breathing apparatus to extinguish the blaze in an hour.

By 1pm, the fire was being reported as completely extinguished.