The body of a teenage boy has been recovered from open water in Kent in the 10th water-related death during the UK heatwave.
Emergency services responded to concerns for the boy’s safety on Wednesday.
A Kent Fire and Rescue Service statement said: "Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to reports of concern for a person in water near
"Control operators sent two fire engines, a water safety unit, and the technical rescue unit to the scene. Kent Police and SECAmb also attended. Sadly, the body of a teenage boy was recovered."
The spokesman continued: "His death is not being treated as suspicious at this time and a report will be prepared for the coroner."
The hot weather has attracted many to open water swimming, resulting in a number of deaths in South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Cornwall, Hampshire, Warwickshire, Cheshire, Pembrokeshire, Lincolnshire and Lancashire in recent days.
Declan Sawyer, 15, died after getting into trouble at Swanholme Lakes, Lincoln, on Sunday.
Also on Sunday, a 72-year-old woman died after being pulled from the water at West Angle Bay beach in Pembrokeshire, Wales, at around 3.15pm.
Officers were called to Galley Hill Road in Swanscombe, Dartford
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A 13-year-old boy, understood to be Reco Puttock, died after getting into difficulty at Leadbeater Dam, near Halifax, West Yorkshire, on Monday, while the body of a teenage girl was recovered from the water at Kingsbury Water Park, Warwickshire.
The same day, a man in his 60s died of cardiac arrest after entering the sea at Tregirls Beach, Padstow, to help two family members who were in difficulty, Devon and Cornwall Police said.
The body of a teenager was recovered from the water at Rother Valley Country Park, Rotherham, in the early hours of Tuesday morning, South Yorkshire Police said.
Another body has been found in the search for a teenage boy who went missing after he was last seen swimming at Hawley Lake on the Hampshire/Surrey border on Tuesday afternoon.
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Heatwave conditions were met in eight parts of England over the weekend, the Met Office said | GETTYA 12-year-old boy who died after getting into trouble in the River Ribble at Ribchester, Lancashire, on Tuesday was named as Junior Slater from Clayton-le-Woods.
On Wednesday, Cheshire Police said the body of a 17-year-old boy was found after he went missing in Pickmere Lake at Marston, Northwich.
NHS England said there were 20,092 visits to its heatstroke advice page on bank holiday Monday.
This was up compared with 488 the previous Monday. Over the whole weekend, there were 36,724 visits.
A missing boy last seen in the water at Pickmere Lake | GETTYThe heatwave that has seen record temperatures set for the month of May in recent days is expected to ease slightly across the UK on Thursday.
The Met Office forecast a temperature high of 31C in London on Thursday, while the Midlands and North West are expected see highs of 28C, noticeably lower than the 35.1C recorded at Kew Gardens in west London on Tuesday.
The forecaster also said on Wednesday that another "tropical night" where temperatures remained above 20C, was unlikely.
However, the UK will remain warm, particularly in the south, with "some fresher and possibly showery conditions" expected from Friday into the weekend.