Five killed in explosion
A spokesman for emergency services said: “We dispatched one double-crewed ambulance and transported one patient to Boston hospital.
“The call was to an explosion within an industrial unit. There have been fatalities.”
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“The call was to an explosion within an industrial unit. There have been fatalities.”
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