Incident at Ebbsfleet

Ben Fewsdale, Managing Director at Redrow South East, comments: “We can confirm a fire took place earlier today in the roof space of an unoccupied block of flats at Ebbsfleet Garden Village. The building, containing 15 unoccupied flats, was under construction at the time. The fire has been extinguished and the area made safe. One Redrow colleague was taken to hospital as a precaution. A neighbouring block of occupied flats was evacuated as a precaution but residents have since been allowed to return to their properties. We’d like to thank Kent Fire Service and we will be working with them, and other partners, to ensure the affected area is contained and to understand the cause of the fire.”