Major incident after 'explosion' in Leicester, England

[webfact]

Leicester 'blast': Four people taken to hospital

 

Four people have been taken to hospital after reports of an explosion and a fire in the Hinckley Road area of Leicester.

 

Police declared a "major incident" after reports of an explosion just after 19:00 GMT.

 

Emergency services said they were conducting a search and rescue operation at the scene.

 

Full story: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43192909

 

-- © Copyright BBC 2018-02-26

[Somtamnication]

Oh brother. Here's hoping it is not what it appears to be.

[Crossy]

Apparently a Londis convenience store blew up, more likely a gas leak than terrorism.

 

[thaibeachlovers]

9 hours ago, Crossy said:

Apparently a Londis convenience store blew up, more likely a gas leak than terrorism.

 

I guess that could be one explanation, but of course there are less innocent explanations possible.

We'll just have to wait and see what the inquiry comes up with.

[dunroaming]

An ex Londis. 4 dead. Unlikely to be a terrorist incident according to the police but won't know what caused it until they can investigate properly.

[PREM-R]

 BBC report " Witnesses said the shop was formerly a Londis but recently became a Polish supermarket."   Maybe this reduces the possibility that the incident is 'terror' related.