Gas bottle explosion triggers emergency service callout

Emergency services were deployed to an address in Onehunga this afternoon after an LPG bottle exploded in a commercial building.

Fire Service northern communications shift manager Scott Osmond told nzherald.co.nz no fire had occurred as a result of the explosion but that several units were still on site cleaning up.

He said the property where the LPG bottle exploded was on the corner of Captain Springs Road and Church Street.

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- NZ HERALD STAFF