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'Massive explosion' reported as building flattened in Leicester
Arutz Sheva ^ | 25/2/18 | David Rosenberg

Posted on 02/25/2018 12:43:21 PM PST by Eleutheria5

Video You Tube link https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=6F9sF4UvylY

An explosion levelled a building in the city of Leicester in central England, Sunday, in what local authorities have called a “major incident”.

Leicester police say that a “massive explosion” destroyed a building on Hinckley Road which reportedly housed a Polish shop called the Western Park Store, as well as a private home.

“All emergency services are currently dealing with this” local police tweeted, urging locals to “please avoid the area.”

The cause of the explosion remains unknown. Local emergency response teams have yet to report any casualties from the incident.

Six firefighting units have been dispatched to the scene to battle a blaze sparked by the explosion.

A witness told the Leicester Mercury a “massive” fire erupted at the scene seconds after the explosion.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Front Page News; News/Current Events; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: explosion; hinckleyroad; leicester; localnews; massive; polishshop; unitedkingdom
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To: Yaelle

So then it was terrorism.


41 posted on 02/25/2018 2:23:13 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Eleutheria5

What difference, at this point....?


42 posted on 02/25/2018 2:23:28 PM PST by Oscar in Batangas (12:01 PM 1/20/2017...The end of an error.)
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To: Oscar in Batangas

With Hillary?!


43 posted on 02/25/2018 2:29:00 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: BradyLS

Nope, that was Coventry. Guess it could have been an old bomb. They do still turn up from time to time. Judging by the flames though id guess natural gas, though.


44 posted on 02/25/2018 2:32:42 PM PST by Afterguard (Deplorable me!)
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To: Eleutheria5

Well I am about the right age, and at seven or eight years old she might not have been so horrible


45 posted on 02/25/2018 2:36:22 PM PST by Oscar in Batangas (12:01 PM 1/20/2017...The end of an error.)
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To: Eleutheria5
Alahu Akbar!

BOOM!

46 posted on 02/25/2018 2:38:04 PM PST by moovova
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To: Bryanw92; BradyLS
Then the British basically incinerated Dresden, which was supposedly payback for Coventry.
47 posted on 02/25/2018 2:47:49 PM PST by OttawaFreeper ("If I had to go to war again, I'd bring lacrosse players" Conn Smythe)
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To: OttawaFreeper

The USA contributed to the bombing of Dresden,it wasn’t just the Brits.

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48 posted on 02/25/2018 2:52:28 PM PST by Mears
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To: LostInBayport

thanks.

From Guardian:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/feb/25/explosion-in-leicester-sees-police-declare-major-incident

“The shop, Western Park Store, which is sandwiched between TJ’s takeaway and Morgans bar, has a bus stop in front of it. It is to the west of the city centre. “

the flat (apartment) above also destroyed (pancaked). 4 ppl critical. Not attributing terrorism at this time.


49 posted on 02/25/2018 2:57:01 PM PST by blueplum ( "...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Happens every winter in the NE US.

About every other year at least one building is flattened somewhere in my county—usually on a single digit day.


50 posted on 02/25/2018 3:09:08 PM PST by lightman (ANTIFA is full of Bolshevik.)
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To: Eleutheria5

“Pull it”


51 posted on 02/25/2018 3:10:36 PM PST by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: Eleutheria5

A gentlemen never tattles on a lady. A rare breed today.


52 posted on 02/25/2018 3:12:43 PM PST by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind but now I see...)
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To: lightman
Today is the 25th, a double digits day. 😉
53 posted on 02/25/2018 3:13:56 PM PST by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind but now I see...)
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To: Dagnabitt
>>a Polish shop...as well as a private home <<

Doesn’t seem like a likely terror target.

Jewish citizens?

54 posted on 02/25/2018 3:33:54 PM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (The Obama is about to hit the fan.)
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To: BradyLS

The story that Churchill allowed Coventry to be bombed is almost certainly apocryphal. It conflates enigma decryptions and navigational beam intelligence. Their is a related story that the British cleverly “bent the (navigational) beams” to cause the Luftwaffe to bomb Dublin. The assertion is rubbish. The bombing of Dublin was a simple navigational error. The intended target was Belfast.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-11486219

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Dublin_in_World_War_II#Cause_of_the_North_Strand_Raid


55 posted on 02/25/2018 3:54:37 PM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Psephomancers for Hillary!)
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To: Mears

I believe we sent four B17 groups, about 80 aircraft to bomb in daylight. The Brits sent about 400 to 500 RAF Sterlings and Lancasters on two nights. The Lancs because they bombed at night were not weighed down with the defensive arms and armor of the Forts and carrie twice the bombload. There was nothing in the design that remotely resembled an effort to bomb specigic targets in the city.


56 posted on 02/25/2018 4:05:14 PM PST by xkaydet65
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To: Eleutheria5

The danger of leaking gas is that when it explodes in a confined space under the right conditions, it becomes a fuel-air explosive bomb. And we know how destructive a fuel-air explosive can be.


57 posted on 02/25/2018 4:21:30 PM PST by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
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To: Eleutheria5

It was the NRA with and elephant disintregrator assault rifle. It had to be.


58 posted on 02/25/2018 4:30:53 PM PST by Hardastarboard (Three most annoying words on the internet - "Watch the Video")
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To: Hardastarboard
"It was the NRA with and elephant disintregrator assault rifle. It had to be."

.... I thought that device was banned back in 2093.

59 posted on 02/25/2018 5:10:29 PM PST by R_Kangel ( "A Nation of Sheep ..... Will Beget ..... a Nation Ruled by Wolves.")
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To: OttawaFreeper

Wow, that’s some major chess play.


60 posted on 02/25/2018 5:29:08 PM PST by Crucial
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