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| Three injured in shop explosion | Three injured in shop explosion |
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| Three people were hurt in an explosion which almost destroyed a shop and a flat in north London, police said. | Three people were hurt in an explosion which almost destroyed a shop and a flat in north London, police said. |
| The blast happened in Bell Lane, Hendon, in the early hours. | |
| One man who was seen coming out of the premises is being treated in hospital for burns. Two others suffered injuries from the force of the blast. | One man who was seen coming out of the premises is being treated in hospital for burns. Two others suffered injuries from the force of the blast. |
| Twenty firefighters managed to put out the fire and evacuated nearby buildings. The cause of the explosion is not yet known, police said. | Twenty firefighters managed to put out the fire and evacuated nearby buildings. The cause of the explosion is not yet known, police said. |
| Two police officers were on patrol in the area when the blast occurred. | Two police officers were on patrol in the area when the blast occurred. |
| The man seen coming out of the flat is in a serious but stable condition, police said. | The man seen coming out of the flat is in a serious but stable condition, police said. |
| A woman aged 26 suffered glass injuries to her leg and a man, 31, sustained a back injury believed to be from the force of the blast. | |
| We thought it was probably a bomb going off, then shattering glass which was my daughter's bedroom window being wrecked and all the car alarms going off Local resident | |
| Both casualties live in nearby properties and were treated at the scene by paramedics. | |
| An elderly woman whose house backs on to the shop was treated for shock after her windows blew out. | |
| A woman who lives in a road near the shop said: "There was a mighty bang. | A woman who lives in a road near the shop said: "There was a mighty bang. |
| "We thought it was probably a bomb going off, then shattering glass which was my daughter's bedroom window being wrecked and all the car alarms going off." | "We thought it was probably a bomb going off, then shattering glass which was my daughter's bedroom window being wrecked and all the car alarms going off." |
| A fire investigation team is working to discover the cause of the explosion. |