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One person killed and six injured in Melbourne crash explosion | One person killed and six injured in Melbourne crash explosion |
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One man has been killed and a woman injured in an explosion believed to have been triggered by a collision involving a truck and five cars in Melbourne’s west. | |
Police said an oxyacetylene cylinder may have exploded in the crash outside Drill Hall in Footscray around midday on Tuesday. | |
This is the scene. pic.twitter.com/iJgD7PiAsf | This is the scene. pic.twitter.com/iJgD7PiAsf |
A building near the scene of the explosion has collapsed, a spokesman from the Melbourne fire brigade said. | A building near the scene of the explosion has collapsed, a spokesman from the Melbourne fire brigade said. |
Two power lines were brought down in the smash which blew out the windows of surrounding properties and scattered debris around the site. | Two power lines were brought down in the smash which blew out the windows of surrounding properties and scattered debris around the site. |
Current pics of carnage at #Footscray truck smash. @7NewsMelbourne pic.twitter.com/BOCN0Swfrx | Current pics of carnage at #Footscray truck smash. @7NewsMelbourne pic.twitter.com/BOCN0Swfrx |
A man was killed and a woman in her 30s who was standing nearby was in a stable condition in hospital after suffering minor injuries, a spokeswoman for Ambulance Victoria said. | |
Another four people near the crash were assessed by paramedics but not hurt. | |
Truck accident moments ago at the corner of Gordon St & Barkly St #Footscray #westfootscray pic.twitter.com/YIxLLvIIQj | Truck accident moments ago at the corner of Gordon St & Barkly St #Footscray #westfootscray pic.twitter.com/YIxLLvIIQj |
Fire alarms in the area were triggered and a number of Metropolitan fire brigade trucks attended the scene. | |
Artur Wydro, from the nearby Alan Mance car dealership on Barkly Street, said the windows of the building shook when the explosion occurred. | |
“We all jumped, we thought it was a bomb or something,” he said. | |
“We ran into the street and all we could see was white smoke, so we knew it was an explosion — if something was on fire the smoke would’ve been black or grey. | |
“There was a white fog settling over the street, it was very scary. It looked like someone had thrown clothes all over the street.” |