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Eight people have been taken to hospital after what police are calling a "minor explosion" at a pub. Eight people have been taken to hospital after what police called a "minor explosion" at a pub.
Firefighters were called to the White Hart in Ashbourne town centre, Derbyshire, on Saturday evening.Firefighters were called to the White Hart in Ashbourne town centre, Derbyshire, on Saturday evening.
Witnesses described seeing a fireball and injured people had to be doused with cold water at a nearby dentists surgery.
At least three people have been treated for burns but police say none of the injuries is life-threatening.At least three people have been treated for burns but police say none of the injuries is life-threatening.
The cause is still being investigated but police say they are treating the incident as a crime and witnesses are being sought.The cause is still being investigated but police say they are treating the incident as a crime and witnesses are being sought.
The pub's landlady told the BBC that at around 2045 BST on Saturday she saw a fireball jump about three metres (slightly over nine foot) from the fire towards the bar area. 'Horrendous sight
It caught several people, three of who were being treated at Nottingham's Queen's Medical Centre (QMC) for burns to their backs and legs. Landlady Angela Archer said: "There was an explosion, and after the explosion a fireball just came out, rolled along the ceiling and then it seemed to go back into the fire and that was it.
Unconfirmed reports suggest an aerosol was thrown into the fire, and investigations are continuing. "It was flash seconds, it was awful, it was horrendous, an absolutely horrendous sight."
Paul Winfield, a dentist who lives and works just opposite the White Hart, treated some of the early casualties.
"There'd been an explosion in the fireplace of the pub opposite which had blown the fire out of the grate and burned several people," he said.
"When I came down my partner was actually in the surgery already, dousing down people with cold water.
"Soon after that the paramedics arrived and the fire brigade were in and we let the injured people into the surgery and they were dealt with actually in our waiting room."
Three of the injured people were being treated at Nottingham's Queen's Medical Centre (QMC) on Sunday for burns to their backs and legs.
Unconfirmed reports suggest an aerosol was thrown into the fire.