Explosion rips through Spanish bar as several people seriously injured
Several people are in serious condition after an explosion ripped through a bar in Spain.
At Around 12.23pm local time, police, ambulances and firefighters raced to the scene in Lo Pagán, San Pedro del Pinatar, following 25 calls from members of the public, according to reports from regional news outlet La7.
Emergency crews are currently treating 12 casualties, with some being described as in serious condition, reports the Mirror.
It is unclear what caused the explosion at this stage. The blast has also generated significant damage to Casa Javi, on Torres Fontes Street in the small seaside town, according to local reports.
Authorities from the City Council and Civil Protection Service were also dispatched to Lo Pagán early this afternoon.
They were sent to the scene alongside firefighters from the Murcia Region Fire and Rescue Consortium and ambulances and paramedics from 016.
Video taken after the explosion ripped through the bar shows people looking on in horror at the charred remains of the building. The awning of the bar is snapped in half with smoke billowing from the premises.
Photos from the scene show the bar's awning snapped into pieces, with nearby fruit and vegetable stalls collapsed onto the ground as passers-by kneel down in a bid to clear up the mess.
Horror images show doors, debris and more wreckage strewn across the street while market stalls and several other establishments appear wrecked in the powerful blast.
Several police officers were seen speaking to stallholders amid the damage on the main market street in the small town of Lo Pagan.
On Monday, in a separate incident, we reported residents of a quaint Scots village were left fearing a 'big explosion' had taken place after a three earthquakes hit.
Villagers in the small historic conservation village of Comrie, Perthshire, said the tremor left houses vibrating after what 'felt like a quarry blast'.
The earthquake occurred shortly before 4am on Friday, June 13, and was recorded by the British Geological Survey (BGS) Seismology Team – the UK's national earthquake monitoring agency.
The shake measured in a 1.0 on the Richter scale – a minor tremble – but nearby villagers reported feeling it.
The tremor was measured at a depth of around 2km and occurred just north of the A85, just a short distance east of Loch Earn, beneath the Sgorr Racaineach hillside.
The BGS said the earthquake was felt by several people in Comrie. Reports described it 'felt like a quarry blast', 'felt and sounded like a big explosion', which meant the 'whole house vibrated slightly' and 'like an explosion followed by a slight rumble'.
The was followed up by two more aftershocks in the early hours of Monday, June 16.
A tremor at 2.18am, a short distance from Friday's initial shake, was also felt in Comrie, with resident describing a "loud booming with low rumble and shaking", adding it "sounded like thunder". That measured in at 1.4 magnitude.
The third earthquake occurred a short time later, at 2.51am on Monday. There was no report this one, which measured 0.9, was felt by nearby households.
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