{"id":59614,"date":"2018-02-26T05:46:53","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T05:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=59614"},"modified":"2018-02-26T05:46:53","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T05:46:53","slug":"at-least-6-injured-after-fiery-explosion-levels-uk-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/at-least-6-injured-after-fiery-explosion-levels-uk-building.html","title":{"rendered":"At least 6 injured after fiery explosion levels UK building"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">At least 6 injured after fiery explosion levels UK building<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">At least six people were injured in the city of Leicester, U.K., on Sunday after British police said they were responding to reports of a massive building explosion, which they described as a &#8220;major incident.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cAll emergency services are currently dealing with this,\u201d the police force tweeted just after 7 p.m local time. \u201cPlease avoid the area.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Leicestershire Fire and Rescue deployed six fire trucks to the scene as photos posted to social media showed large flames engulfing buildings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Six people were taken to Leicester Royal Infirmary, University Hospitals of Leicester confirmed on Twitter. Two of the six people remain critically injured.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Leicestershire Police said in a statement that &#8220;at this stage there is no indication this is terrorist related.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Emergency officials said the incident was being treated as a search-and-rescue operation, and a hazardous material response team also was deployed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The city&#8217;s fire and rescue squad said it received a call &#8220;after reports of a large explosion and a building collapse,&#8221; Reuters reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">A nearby resident told the Leicester Mercury newspaper they &#8220;heard a huge bang and &#8230; came out of the house and saw the flames.&#8221; The incident happened on a crowded main road near the city center.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Another neighbor said &#8220;there was an awful lot of smoke,&#8221; Sky News reported. 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