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Firefighters were called to a suspected arson attack at a derelict building with an unusual past. Crews were alerted just before 4.30pm yesterday about a blaze at the well-known ‘Elvis’ house in St Peter’s Place, Canterbury. The house is famous among locals for a poster of Elvis Presley that was displayed in the window for almost 50 years – even after the building was boarded up. Described as “small” by a Kent Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson, the fire was put out about 20 minutes later. No injuries were reported, but the cause is being treated as suspicious. The image of The King was firs…