{"id":349829,"date":"2018-02-25T21:50:09","date_gmt":"2018-02-25T20:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/police-fire-department-respond-to-major-incident-in-leicester-uk-after-reports-of-explosion-rt-uk-news\/"},"modified":"2018-02-25T21:50:09","modified_gmt":"2018-02-25T20:50:09","slug":"police-fire-department-respond-to-major-incident-in-leicester-uk-after-reports-of-explosion-rt-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/police-fire-department-respond-to-major-incident-in-leicester-uk-after-reports-of-explosion-rt-uk-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Police &#038; fire department respond to \u2018major incident\u2019 in Leicester, UK after reports of explosion \u2014 RT UK News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/static.en\/thumbnail\/breaking.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>        British police said they were responding to a &#8220;major incident&#8221; after reports of a large blast in the central English city of Leicester. The fire department said six fire engines were sent to the scene. <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Leicester police are advising people to avoid the\u00a0area of the \u201cmajor incident\u201d which is on Hinckley Road in the city. Emergency response teams rushed to the scene after the explosion at about 7pm local time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>We got a call about an hour ago after reports of a large explosion and a building collapse<\/em>,&#8221; a firefighter in a control room in the city said.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fdavid.critchlow1%2Fvideos%2F1922643384432148%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=846\" width=\"846\" height=\"476\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><center\/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>At about 7pm, we heard an absolutely massive explosion<\/em>,&#8221; a witness <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leicestermercury.co.uk\/news\/leicester-news\/fire-after-massive-explosion-building-1262447\">told<\/a> local newspaper the Leicester Mercury. &#8220;<em>It was quite frightening. We went to look out of the upstairs windows and saw loads of smoke, and then a few seconds later massive orange flames.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pictures and videos posted on Twitter showed flames leaping into the sky above the city. British media said a convenience store and a house had been destroyed in the blast.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">| Major Incident |<\/p>\n<p>19:19 |There has been a major incident on Hinckley Road, Leicester. All emergency services are currently dealing with this. Carlisle Street and part of Hinckley Road have been closed  Please avoid the area.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LeicestershirePolice (@leicspolice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leicspolice\/status\/967841486149771264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/uk\/419797-fire-police-reports-explosion\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=RSS\">RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by <a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\">RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British police said they were responding to a &#8220;major incident&#8221; after reports of a large blast in the central English city of Leicester. The fire department said six fire engines were sent to the scene. Leicester police are advising people to avoid the\u00a0area of the \u201cmajor incident\u201d which is on Hinckley Road in the city. 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