An explosion has destroyed a convenience store and a home in the central English city of Leicester, injuring at least six people, officials say. A photograph published by the Leicester Mercury newspaper showed a blaze and the rubble of a destroyed building which the newspaper said housed a convenience store and a flat above it. "We heard an absolutely massive explosion. It was pretty frightening," the Mercury quoted an unidentified resident, who lives a few streets away, as saying. The Leicester Mercury said debris had been blown across the road in front of the site.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 25, 2018 20:48 UTC