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Shrewsbury explosion — in pictures
Sunday 3rd January 2010, 2:54PM GMT.
A pillar of smoke rises into the air after the blast. Picture by Vickie Warren
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The silver Clio in the street on Vickie Warrens picture (picture number 2) is my car. My wife was directly outside the shop where the explosion took place and was caught in the blast and the associted falling debris. She allerted the fire service before reversing out of the immediate incident area. We have lost the car to the Police and my wife was left to make her own way home just minutes after the blast and already sufferring from shock. She was and I am extremely grateful that she was not seriously injured and both of our thoughts are with the injured and their families.
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my thoughts are with you in shrewsbury i am living in australia but are from shrewsbury and heard the news my thoughts are with any one affected
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One of my friends is one of the girls involved in the incident… My thoughts go to her family for her full recovery x
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Looking how clean the flames are I would suspect a gas explosion, and the cold weather seems to propogate these incidents
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Heard the blast from Arscott Golf Course some miles away! hope everyone injured get well soon.
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My friend’s daughter was in the flat and has just been transferred from RSH to the burns unit at Selly Oak. She was climbing out and shouting for people to help her friend who was buried in the rubble and there was a man standing there not helping, just TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS – can you believe it??
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I live in Bomere Heath; heard & felt the blast from here.
Our best wishes go out to the people & families invloved.
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I believe a long lost girl friend lived in those Apts. If Patrica Duppa see’s this I would appreciate her contacting me.
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From Barcelona, my thoughts are with all you in Shrewsbury hope everyone injured get well!!
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I was born in Shrewsbury just over the Welsh Bridge at St Georges Vicarage in 1968. I was at the Pantomime on 29th Dec and am devastated by what has happened My thoughts are withe the Injured and their families and all who live and work near the scene of the explosion. Best Wishes Jemma Charlton
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I walked past that building several times over the christmas period 8-c , It just goes to show that you should live each day to the full. My fingers are crossed that all the injured make a full recovery.
Regarding the unhelpful photographer…. Lowlife!
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We stayed at the hotel over the weekend we left one hour before the explosion. WE were stuned when we heard about the explosion. Our thoughts are with all the people involved. We went to see the panomime on friday and had a great time but we heard that Kiley Mcdonnell and his family was involved we saw him in the hotel before we left our car was next to there’s so we think we were very lucky.
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My husband and I were exploring the Shrewsbury ‘shuts’and were strolling through Canaervon Lane from Mardol towards the car park when it exploded. I think that the alley’s walls protected us from much of the blast.
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Makes me laugh at the comments about “lowlife photographers” … Where on earth do you think the images that you’ve come on this website to view come from … D’oh!
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I am currently in Australia studying at the mo, but Shrewsbury is my hometown. My thoughts are with the people that got caught up in the explosion. I hope you all have a speedy and full recovery. I have lived in many flats above shops, around the town centre etc and you never think something like this will happen in a tiny town like Shrewsbury. Sending love and best wishes to all involved.
P.s – to the man taking photos instead of helping people – you should be ashamed of yourself.
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Im origanly from shrewsbury,now living in seattle washington u.s.a.
This is a terrable thing to happen.
My thoughts go out to all involved.
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My father is a photographer for the press so i am not slating photograpers when i say this but my brothers friend was one girl shouting out of the window and i find it absolutley disgusting that some one could just stand there while a young girl severly burned screams for help for her and her friend, i would much rather no photos existed im so glad that image made you laugh Virgil
My thoughts go out to that beautiful young girl and all the people hurt i hope they make a full recovery xxx
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