Video+Photos: Wilro Park rocked by explosion
No one injured in the incident.
The quiet suburb of Wilro Park was rocked by a loud explosion last night at about 8pm.
It later transpired that a fire in the back yard of a house on Dee Dee Brown Drive spread to a caravan on the property and caused a gas cylinder to explode. The flames rapidly engulfed the house, caravan and a Zozo hut. Various security companies and members of the neighbourhood watch managed to take the family and their pets to safety.
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Emergency services battled for almost an hour to bring the fire under control, fearing that the other gas cylinders would also explode.
The Record is trying to contact the family.
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