DRAMATIC video has emerged of a black plume of smoke billowing out from a campervan fire.

The video also shows the fire spreading to a nearby fence and later a tree.

Firefighters from Beaulieu Fire Station rushed to the blaze earlier today, after it started in a garden in a property in School Lane, Hythe.

A spokesperson for Hampshire Fire and Rescue said the fire began in a campervan, parked at the back of the property.

One neighbour, who asked not to be identified, said they heard loud bangs, which they believed came from exploding gas canisters.

Firefighters managed to quickly extinguish the blaze.