Major incident in Leicester

[SunnySeaShell]

Not sure what it yet...

[Brokenbiscuit]

Shit, I live very near Leicester. What's happening?

[NorthernLurker]

Well why not wait till it is known before spreading alarm in the race to post first. I will be reporting this.

[LondonHereICome]

Yes dd just read that out! Could be anything

[SunnySeaShell]

It seems to be an 'explosion' and a fire but I don't think it's sinister...

[mercurymaze]

an explosion near a londis, on twitter

[SunnySeaShell]

Yes I'm sorry, will report myself

[LadyMonicaBaddingham]

Gas explosion in a commercial property, apparently. Stand down, to some extent at least...

[mercurymaze]

why report the thread? it's okay to talk about things as they happen surely

[EllieMe]

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/25/breaking-newspolice-declare-major-incident-leicester-amid-reports/

[NorthernLurker]

Sure, if something has happened. The op doesn't know what, why or where. All this will do is scare the crap out of people.

[LondonHereICome]

I think there are far worse threads on MN which will 'scare the crap out of people'

[SunnySeaShell]

I've reported, the last thing that I wanted to do was cause alarm, sorry folks

[MollyHopps]

"Please avoid the area"

.......so everyone and their gran pops down to the police cordon to have a look

[MollyHopps]

And OP, you are't scaring the crap out of anyone. You are informing them.

[ThroughThickAndThin01]

It’s fine OP. I hear more about world events on mn than anywhere else, don’t feel bad.

[GreenSeededGrape]

Ffs Northern you don't get to decide who can post what

[Wellysocksbox]

I don't have a news app on my phone so I rely on Mumsnet for news! for you OP, some people get a bit snippy on here. No need to take the thread down.

[taffett]

Thanks for informing op, no need to worry about reporting the thread

[Wellysocksbox]

And to be fair to the OP, something HAS happened.

[AlexanderHamilton]

Dd just ran downstairs to tell me this. Hope there are no fatalities. Sounds like a gas explosion but very little details. Search & rescue underway.

[AlexanderHamilton]

and it’s breaking news so why shouldn’t there be a thread.

[Asiaticlily]

It looks like this was the building there before.

(no idea how old this google maps image is so it may have changed)

[AvocadosBeforeMortgages]

£5 says it's a gas leak

[Babyroobs]

Supermarket and flat above have been obliterated. Really hope no-one is hurt after . If this is a gas explosion then it will be the second in Leicester area in a couple of months . One in our village in December killed an elderly lady and has left many other families temporarily homeless.

[AlexanderHamilton]

Gas is always my first thought.