A kipper was the culprit in a suspected electrical fire this afternoon.
Gravesend fire station were called to a house in Cornwell Road, at 2pm today after a couple feared a strong smell in their kitchen was being caused by an electrical fire.
Fire crews used a thermal imaging camera to check the room for an signs of a fire, but found none.
The alarming smell was then traced to a kipper which had been left on a kitchen counter.
Satisfied the alert was a red herring, the crew declared the house safe and fitted it with smoke alarms as a future precaution.
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