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Donia Youssef, 45, shared videos on Facebook at her parent's farm in Rotherfield, East Sussex showing the roof ablaze - it comes as a hosepipe ban is set to come in on June 26

Areas of the region have been left with little or no water.

Areas of the region have been left with little or no water.

South East Water was slammed over a fire at a farm in Rotherfield, East Sussex, last night that could not be put out until firefighters arrived because the site had no water supply.

Areas of the region have been left with little or no water.

The ban on hosepipes and sprinklers will come in from June 26

Schools in the region have been forced to close during the warm weather and bottled water stations have been set up as the utility firm said demand for drinking water has reached record levels.

Kent and Sussex residents hit with ban amid record demand for drinking water

Residents in Kent have branded South East Waters ban appalling and complained it had come too early, with gardeners fearing their plants will die and families having to collect bottled water.

The shortages have become depressingly familiar for locals who also went without supplies for three days at Christmas and mid-July last year