(BBC) A fire at a former army barracks housing hundreds of asylum seekers was started deliberately, police have said.
Emergency services were sent to Napier Barracks in Folkestone at 14:00 GMT after “reports of a disturbance.”
The Home Office said people had “set about destroying the barracks” because they objected to not being moved from the site after a Covid outbreak.
Home Secretary Priti Patel called the “destruction … deeply offensive to the taxpayers of this country.”
Kent Police said the blaze had caused “a significant amount of damage” and officers were investigating it as a suspected arson attack.
