Big explosion on the Wirral

[Dangermouse]

Just hearing of a massive explosion on the Wirral, possibly a large gas blast or petrol station, some of the pics show total devastation, anyone heard anything, hope there are no casualties

 

[OldCarlos]

Bebbington/Port Sunlight apparently. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...-heard-across-wirral-reports-could-have-come/

 

[stevelmx5]

It's a few miles up the road from me. Looks like a gas explosion has flattened what was a dance studio and furniture shop below.



Our house shook from the blast as well as people reporting hearing it on the other side of the Wirral and Liverpool.

 

[stevelmx5]

It used to be the brown brick building.



There's a Chinese restaurant opposite it in the row of shops where people were doing so there are injuries there. Luckily, the rest of the shops were closed so wouldn't be that many people about.

 

[stevelmx5]

Facebook was full of Chinese whispers stating it was a petrol station that had blown up but that's not true.

 

[arclight]

This news item prompted to investigate whether domestic gas alarms are available. They certainly are. There is a mass of publicity about smoke and CO detectors (and rightly so). I wonder why there is not the same publicity for gas detectors.

 

[the black fox]

my local page on Facebook was full of did anyone hear that bang ,what was it etc at around 9.30 last night apparently loads of people in town heard it and we are in north wales ,the wife said all she heard was me snoring on the settee