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The explosion may have been caused by a propane gas leak, the West Police District reported on Twitter at 0440.
Police were notified of the explosion in Nordhordland at 02:21 on Saturday night via the VET center.
– A man in his 50s who stayed in a room next to the garage, was taken by air ambulance to the hospital with burns. He was conscious when he was treated, but we don’t know anything else about the extent of the damage, operations manager Bjarte Rebnord in the West Police District tells NTB.
The explosion occurred in a private garage and the occupants of the house heard a crash. In the garage there were several bottles of propane, the kind often used in caravans and boats.
– We suppose that the leakage of these may be a cause, but it is too early to say something concrete about it. Fire crews claim that all the bottles appear to be intact, but there may be a leak from one of them that has evaporated in the garage and ignited. The explosion was so powerful that the garage door was pushed right out, Rebnord claims.
The police are opening a case in this regard.
