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| Explosion causes damage to flats | Explosion causes damage to flats |
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| A gas explosion has damaged a block of flats in west London but no-one has been reported hurt. | |
| Investigations are under way into the cause of the blast, which blew out five windows on the first floor of the four-storey block. | |
| The London Fire Brigade was called to the reported gas explosion on Macbeth Street in Hammersmith and said they believed the cause was a ruptured main. | |
| Six fire engines were called to the scene at Riverside Gardens. | Six fire engines were called to the scene at Riverside Gardens. |
| One eyewitness said he was working nearby when he heard a "loud bang". | |
| "We went outside and when you looked down Macbeth Street you could see bits of buildings, glass, wood, curtains, strewn all over the street," he said. | "We went outside and when you looked down Macbeth Street you could see bits of buildings, glass, wood, curtains, strewn all over the street," he said. |
| Hammersmith Council have set up a rest centre for people unable to move back into their flats while the investigation goes on. | Hammersmith Council have set up a rest centre for people unable to move back into their flats while the investigation goes on. |