{"id":8916,"date":"2026-04-07T21:41:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T21:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/8916\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T21:41:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T21:41:28","slug":"firefighters-called-to-large-house-blaze-in-reed-court-ingress-park-greenhithe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/8916\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefighters called to large house blaze in Reed Court, Ingress Park Greenhithe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Firefighters have been tackling a large blaze on a housing estate that has led to three homes being evacuated.<\/p>\n<p>Seven fire engines and a height vehicle were called to the scene in Reed Court, Greenhithe.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 956 628\" alt=\"Firefighters have been called to a blaze at a home in Reed Court, Greenhithe. Picture: Carol Gale\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"L3X8HYBY4N7RMNGUL6CF.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.52\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/L3X8HYBY4N7RMNGUL6CF.jpg\" alt=\"Firefighters have been called to a blaze at a home in Reed Court, Greenhithe. Picture: Carol Gale\"\/>Firefighters have been called to a blaze at a home in Reed Court, Greenhithe. Picture: Carol Gale<\/p>\n<p>Crews have been working to extinguish the fire which has ripped through the roof of two adjoining properties. Two additional houses were also affected by smoke.<\/p>\n<p>A video shared with KentOnline from the scene shows smoke billowing from the top of two end of terrace homes as firefighters attempt to douse the blaze with water jets.<\/p>\n<p>Reed Court resident Syed Rahman said: \u201cTwo houses are on fire. The brigade are either end of the houses watering it down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Councillor Carol Gale, who lives in the area, said: &#8220;Two homes have completely been gutted, the roof is down and everything.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They are Hyde Housing and they&#8217;re all built together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere&#8217;s so much smoke everywhere. It was absolutely billowing.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 1435 1295\" alt=\"Seven fire engines are at the scene of a major house fire in Reed Court, Greenhithe. Photo: Syed Rahman\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"MIP6T18H0NQQQWC55GOS.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.11\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/MIP6T18H0NQQQWC55GOS.jpg\" alt=\"Seven fire engines are at the scene of a major house fire in Reed Court, Greenhithe. Photo: Syed Rahman\"\/>Seven fire engines are at the scene of a major house fire in Reed Court, Greenhithe. Photo: Syed Rahman<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 1404 1367\" alt=\"A blaze has broke out in Reed Court, Greenhithe. Photo: Syed Rahman\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"G2CDN66FVEV71EY2FH4P.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.03\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/G2CDN66FVEV71EY2FH4P.jpg\" alt=\"A blaze has broke out in Reed Court, Greenhithe. Photo: Syed Rahman\"\/>A blaze has broke out in Reed Court, Greenhithe. Photo: Syed Rahman<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 920 604\" alt=\"Firefighters at the scene. Picture: Carol Gale\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"8P8I8IW71HXJNVWR7PRK.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.52\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/8P8I8IW71HXJNVWR7PRK.jpg\" alt=\"Firefighters at the scene. Picture: Carol Gale\"\/>Firefighters at the scene. Picture: Carol Gale<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t get down the road at the moment they\u2019ve moved us all on. They&#8217;re still trying to contain the fire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s huge flames just bursting out the top of the house, it\u2019s like the stuff you see on TV.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The fire service advised people living or travelling near Reed Court to keep windows and doors closed due to the smoke. The advice was later lifted.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 2013 1480\" alt=\"Firefighters at the scene. Picture: Carol Gale\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"7WW1O9WCYSM2HT3AV39Y.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.36\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7WW1O9WCYSM2HT3AV39Y.jpg\" alt=\"Firefighters at the scene. Picture: Carol Gale\"\/>Firefighters at the scene. Picture: Carol Gale<\/p>\n<p>Paramedics treated four people for smoke inhalation.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Hyde said: &#8220;We&#8217;re responding to the incident to provide support for our customers who\u2019ve been affected. Surveyors will make assessments of the homes as soon as this is possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an update just after 6pm, Kent Fire and Rescue said crews were making good progress extinguishing the fire.<\/p>\n<p>A further update at 7.30pm said: \u201cPeople living or travelling near Reed Court in Greenhithe, Dartford are no longer advised to keep windows and doors closed due to smoke, following a fire involving two houses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo fire engines and a height vehicle remain at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe KFRS Volunteer Response Team is also in attendance providing support to affected residents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At 10pm, KFRS said firefighting work was complete.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman added: \u201cResidents from three properties have been evacuated, supported by the KFRS Volunteer Response Team, British Red Cross and Hyde Housing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCrews will be revisiting tomorrow to make sure that the scene remains safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The cause is not yet known.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Firefighters have been tackling a large blaze on a housing estate that has led to three homes being&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8917,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1085,308,309,5,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-8916","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"tag-dartford","9":"tag-fire","10":"tag-kent","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116365602475491694","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}