BIG BOOM!

[jumpy]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-14705936

I wondered what the noise was last night... loud enough for me to go downstairs and check the house out to see if anything was amiss.
It's about 3 or 4 minuted stroll from me. Judging by the reports, the kebab shop in question is the one that used to be a public toilet block - I kid you not.

Might take a couple of pics in the morning and post back here, for your rubber-necking pleasure. :DL

[jumpy]

Here's some CCTV of it
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-14709842

ouch, mr taxi had a lucky escape :o

[Hottentot]

Ugh, not this again. We had a pizza parlor blow up like that not too long ago. First it was treated as an accident, then it was declared a racist attack and finally it was revealed, that the place was set on fire by its owners, apparently for insurance fraud.

What a funny little trick. I bet the families of the 3 innocent people who died in there were all smiles and laughs too. Great to hear no one got hurt in this case.

[jumpy]

latest local rag says one body recovered yesterday during cleanup :dead:
EDIT:
Perhaps not such a good idea to get all david baily about this after all.

[papa_smurf]

Very serious indeed, no need for speculation until the cause is discovered.

[Anthony W.]

You know in Star Wars when a ship goes into Warp Speed, and it just turns into a bright blue ball of light, then there's a flash and it's gone?

That's kind of what it looks like.