Breaking: Blast In Leicester Street

[ChillDoubt]

Major incident declared

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43192909

[jourdain2]

7.00 p.m. then, could be a gas explosion - could be a bomb factory has blown itself up. We shall have to wait to find out.

[ladybirder]

Four people taken to hospital.

https://news.sky.com/story/major-incident-after-explosion-in-leicester-11267993

[wolf63]

It looks bad, I hope there are no more casualties.

[Mamyalynne]

How awful, what a huge shock for everyone.

[anneasquith]

Wasn't even headlines in the news.

[douglas9401]

We should be grateful to 'one lady' and 'one man' as well as all the dedicated Twitter commentators on constant standby for




nothing.

[Mamyalynne]

Yes I too hope the two so far described as critically injured aren't as bad as that sounds.

[Gromit]

Four dead.

[murraymints]

Reported as not a terrorist attack..gas ?

[youngmafbog]

Ah, but a bomb factory would not be a terrorist attack would it.

Don't trust them at all with the truth personally.

[hc4361]

Three men have been arrested in connection with this

[ladybirder]

Something as simple as faulty equipment perhaps?

[wolf63]

Thanks for the update. I hope they aren't dodgy gas fitters - there could be other potential disasters out there.

[Spicerack]

You'd think the police/authorities would release details of dodgy gas fitters as a warning to their other customers.

[tonyav]

Three men have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/three-men-arrested-after-leicester-explosion/ar-BBJHO3B?li=BBoPRmx

[-Talbot-]

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-43234730?ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_leicester&ns_source=twitter&;ns_linkname=english_regions

[Togo]

//One man comes from East Anglia, one is from the North West, and the other is from the East Midlands.//

Well if they are dodgy "gas fitters" they do a lot of travelling.

[-Talbot-]

I can't be the only one puzzled why it appears that none of the occupants of the building could smell gas.

[wolf63]

I thought that gas was odourless these days.

[Spicerack]

Don't they add an odour?