{"id":179904,"date":"2023-08-10T17:22:36","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T17:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=179904"},"modified":"2023-08-10T17:22:36","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T17:22:36","slug":"battersea-incident-house-explodes-leaving-one-injured-and-sparking-mass-evacuation-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/battersea-incident-house-explodes-leaving-one-injured-and-sparking-mass-evacuation-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Battersea incident: House explodes leaving one injured and sparking mass evacuation | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
A HOUSE has today been destroyed in a suspected gas explosion – seeing a neighbourhood evacuated. <\/p>\n
Fire crews rushed to London's Battersea after reports an end-of-terrace house had exploded, seeing its roof collapse.<\/p>\n
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Medics also scrambled to the residential area, and were treating an injured man at the scene. <\/p>\n
There is no update on his condition. <\/p>\n
A cordon had been placed around the area while investigators probed the cause of the explosion. <\/p>\n
London Fire Brigade said: "Firefighters have been called to\u00a0an explosion at a house on Elsley Road in Battersea.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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"A suspected gas explosion is affecting the whole of an end-of-terrace house, resulting in a partial roof collapse.<\/p>\n
"One man left the building before the Brigade arrived and is being assessed on scene by London Ambulance Service crews.\u00a0<\/p>\n
"A 25-metre cordon is in place and affected properties are being evacuated.\u00a0<\/p>\n
"The Brigade was called at 1347. Fire crews from Chelsea, Wandsworth, Brixton\u00a0 and Clapham fire stations are at the scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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