On Thursday, June 16, at 2.36 p.m., West Midlands Fire and Rescue responded to a...
On Thursday, June 16, at 2.36 p.m., West Midlands Fire and Rescue responded to a suspected gas explosion in a shop building on Holyhead Road in Handsworth, Birmingham.
Three fire crews, from Handsworth and Smethwick, as well as the services Technical Rescue Unit, responded.
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