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| Police respond to reports of explosion in north-east London | Police respond to reports of explosion in north-east London |
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| Emergency services are responding to reports of an explosion in north-east London, the Metropolitan police has said. | Emergency services are responding to reports of an explosion in north-east London, the Metropolitan police has said. |
| The explosion, in Romford, is not being treated as terror-related. | |
| Police, the fire brigade and the ambulance service are all on the scene of the incident. A cordon has been put in place around the affected building, which is on a parade of shops on Farnham Road, in the Harold Hill area. | |
| Havering police tweeted that pedestrians and motorists should avoid the area, adding that updates on injuries would follow. | |
| Officers along with other emergency services are currently on scene in Farnham Road #HaroldHill, following reports of an explosion. Cause n/k but not currently being treated as terror-related. We await updates re any injuries. Pedestrians & motorists advised to avoid the area. | Officers along with other emergency services are currently on scene in Farnham Road #HaroldHill, following reports of an explosion. Cause n/k but not currently being treated as terror-related. We await updates re any injuries. Pedestrians & motorists advised to avoid the area. |
| A Metropolitan police statement added that the cause of the explosion was unknown. Residents are being evacuated from the building concerned. | |
| Police were called shortly before 1.30pm on Sunday. Roads in the area are closed. | Police were called shortly before 1.30pm on Sunday. Roads in the area are closed. |
| One Twitter user on the scene, Clive Searle, said that the scale of the police response suggested a “major incident”. | |
| Co-op area manager Michael Roast said that the Romford branch of the chain had been forced to close by the explosion and added that staff on the premises had been evacuated safely. | |
| Apologies to all our customers in Romford Harold Hill we have had to close our coop store on police advice due to an explosion. All colleagues have been evacuated safely. Great work by the store team. pic.twitter.com/5CHth1DqFP | |
| More details soon... | More details soon... |
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