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Five men dead in Boston industrial estate explosion | |
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Five men have died and one man has been seriously injured in an explosion at a small unit on a Lincolnshire industrial estate. | |
Police, fire and ambulance crews were called to the Broadfield Lane Industrial Estate at about 1900 BST on Wednesday. | |
A Lincolnshire Police spokeswoman said she believed the explosion had been very quick and the men died instantly. | |
The sixth man has been taken to the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham. | |
Nerys McGarry from Lincolnshire Police said officers were at the scene and would remain at the unit overnight to carry out a forensic examination of the site. | |
She said it was not yet clear what had caused the blast. | |
Ms McGarry said she understood the explosion was a rapid blast as opposed to an "extensive fire" but could not give any further details. | |
"We do not have any further information about the men, their ages and where they are from but we will be making inquires throughout the night and can give a further update in the morning," she said. | |
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