DOZENS of heavy goods vehicles were destroyed in a blaze at a scrap metal yard.

Around 100 tonnes of scrap metal melted in the fire, on Longfield Road, Gravesend.

Firefighters from Gravesend, Dartford and Larkfield were called to the yard just after midnight on June 12.

It took four fire crews until 9am to get the blaze under control.

A fire service spokesman said the cause of the blaze was being investigated.