Gas explosion devastates houses in South Harrow, UK

At around 9.40pm on the evening of 7th May 2008 there was a MASSIVE explosion. Two houses were devastated in Stanley Road in South Harrow. Scotland Yard has confirmed that a man has died and two other people have non-life threatening injuries. Six fire engines and thirty fire fighters were on the scene. The explosion could be heard about five miles away. A similar explosion happened in February 2008 where a gas leak caused a major explosion.

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• Gas
• Explosion
• Murder
• Accident
• Evacuation
• South
• Harrow
• Disaster

[altractors]

@cynikal12345 oh ok fair enough. were you injured?

[cynikal12345]

@altractors Well I'm not joking, my house was the end one, next to the house where the actual explosion happened

[altractors]

@cynikal12345 if you're joking that's not funny at all

[blackheart4854]

i heared the exploasion all the way from manchester where i live o_O

[kombatkid2k7]

@cynikal12345 johnathan?

[cynikal12345]

I didn't feel anything, and my house was one of the houses that got completely blown up!

[thekiwicanuck]

Many of the residents have been evacuated, and many residents' bowels have been evacuated too...

[sphimran92]

so scary sounded like a gun shot at first!

[KalashnikovAli]

I felt and heard that explosion. Messed up.

[anth00000]

scared the shit out of me