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Three in hospital after explosion and fire in Halifax Three in hospital after explosion and fire in Halifax
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Six houses were affected in the explosion in Halifax Police said 14 houses were affected in the explosion in Halifax
Three people have been taken to hospital after an explosion in West Yorkshire in the early hours. Three people were taken to hospital and 14 homes evacuated after an explosion rocked a street in West Yorkshire in the early hours.
Fire crews were called to Spring Hall Grove in Halifax just after midnight following a blast which had affected six houses, a West Yorkshire Fire Service spokesperson said. Fire crews were called to Coventry Street, Halifax, at 12:04 BST following a blast and subsequent blaze, a West Yorkshire Fire Service spokesperson said.
Five crews and an aerial ladder were used to extinguish the blaze, they added. Two people from one house were taken to hospital with serious injuries and another person from a second property received treatment for minor injuries, they added.
A Northern Gas Networks spokesperson said its crews were called to the scene shortly afterwards and that they were "working closely with the emergency services to support the incident".A Northern Gas Networks spokesperson said its crews were called to the scene shortly afterwards and that they were "working closely with the emergency services to support the incident".
Meanwhile, they added that it was "too early to speculate on the cause at this time". Meanwhile, they said that it was "too early to speculate on the cause at this time".
Five crews and an aerial ladder were used to extinguish the fire, and the road has also been closed while investigations continue.
Marie Roberts, 36, who lives nearby, witnessed the blaze.Marie Roberts, 36, who lives nearby, witnessed the blaze.
She said she had wished her daughter, who turned 19 today, a happy birthday just before midnight as they turned in for the night.She said she had wished her daughter, who turned 19 today, a happy birthday just before midnight as they turned in for the night.
"I heard a bang, my daughter shouted from the top bedroom that there was a fire," she said."I heard a bang, my daughter shouted from the top bedroom that there was a fire," she said.
"I went to have a look through her window and the whole roof was ablaze."I went to have a look through her window and the whole roof was ablaze.
"The fire went down the house."The fire went down the house.
"I've never seen a fire do that before.""I've never seen a fire do that before."
Fire crews worked through the night at the propertiesFire crews worked through the night at the properties
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