A man has died in a fire at a sheltered housing block Emily Court, managed by Housing & Care 21.

The South East Coast Ambulance Service said it was called to the fire in the Kent village of Wilmington.

Nine ambulances attended the incident as well as an air ambulance and paramedics from the Hazardous Area Response Team. Some 20 patients were assessed. One man died.

There were 40 flats in the block near the M25. They were one and two-bed flats for rent by people aged 55 and over.