A house has been destroyed in an explosion in Birmingham but the extent of reported casualties is still unclear
The number and severity of any injuries is unknown at this time.
Social media users posted images of a house engulfed in flames on a residential street in northern Birmingham. Other buildings and cars have been damaged in the blast, but the cause of it is unknown, police said.One bystander, Joe, said a car was blown off the road when the blast went off. A resident told Birmingham Live: "I had just gone into the toilet downstairs and shut the door. The explosion happened as I shut the door."The house shook and I fell on the floor, I thought it was an earthquake. I heard a man shout help."
Happened on my road heard the explosion it shook my house and all you could see was smoke but the community really pulled together to stop the traffic
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