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Explosion in Derby leads to road closure Explosion in Derby leads to road closure
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Police are responding to an explosion on a street on the edge of Derby city centre. Police are responding to a suspected gas explosion at a block of flats in Derby city centre.
Staff at a pharmacy on the road have reportedly been evacuated. The explosion is thought to have happened in a laundry block at Kenneth House in Agard Street.
Agard Street, which links Friargate with the inner ring road, has been closed. All residents have been removed from the flats and a neighbouring doctors' surgery has been evacuated.
Agard Street, which links Friargate with the inner ring road, has been closed along with a number of other roads in the area.
Witnesses reported hearing a loud noise at about 10:30 GMT.
Steve Harrison, who lives in Kenneth House, said it was "like an earthquake".
"I looked out of back window and where there was a laundry room was just rubble and dust coming up," he said.
He said he could smell gas.
BBC Radio Derby's Rachel Gilchrist reported about a dozen emergency services vehicles at the scene.
A Derbyshire Police spokesman said: "There are not thought to be any injuries or anyone trapped in the building at this time."
Chris Smith, who was visiting the flats, said: "I was washing my clothes. My stuff was in the dryer then a song came on I liked so I went back in the flat and 'bang'.
"I thought someone had booted the door. [I] Looked back and couldn't believe what I saw."