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| Explosion at hotel injures three | Explosion at hotel injures three |
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| Two men and a woman have been injured in an explosion at a hotel in Aberdeenshire, police said. | Two men and a woman have been injured in an explosion at a hotel in Aberdeenshire, police said. |
| Part of the rear of the Drumtochty Arms hotel in Auchenblae collapsed after the blast at about 1730 GMT. | Part of the rear of the Drumtochty Arms hotel in Auchenblae collapsed after the blast at about 1730 GMT. |
| Three people have been taken to hospital in Aberdeen with burns, chest and facial injuries. One is said to be seriously injured. | |
| A police spokesman said the explosion was believed to be related to a liquefied petroleum gas cylinder. | A police spokesman said the explosion was believed to be related to a liquefied petroleum gas cylinder. |
| Main ambulance services have now been stood down but a specialist team remains at the scene while firefighters search through debris from a collapsed wall at the back of the building. | |
| Everyone who was in the hotel has now been accounted for. | |
| Installation work had been carried out in the kitchen earlier in the day. | Installation work had been carried out in the kitchen earlier in the day. |
| Partial collapse | Partial collapse |
| Most of the village's main street has been cordoned off. | Most of the village's main street has been cordoned off. |
| Inspector Gordon Nicoll, of Grampian Police, said: "There has been an explosion. It appears to be linked to the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinder at the rear of the premises. | Inspector Gordon Nicoll, of Grampian Police, said: "There has been an explosion. It appears to be linked to the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinder at the rear of the premises. |
| "There has been a partial collapse at the rear of the building." | "There has been a partial collapse at the rear of the building." |
| A local resident, who did not want to be named, said: "I was sitting in my house, and I heard a massive bang and the whole house shook. | A local resident, who did not want to be named, said: "I was sitting in my house, and I heard a massive bang and the whole house shook. |
| "I thought something had happened upstairs. | "I thought something had happened upstairs. |
| "I went outside later and it was like a circus, with an ambulance, police and fire engines. | "I went outside later and it was like a circus, with an ambulance, police and fire engines. |
| "The main road is taped off and my road, just down from the hotel, is closed." | "The main road is taped off and my road, just down from the hotel, is closed." |