What the records say
- When
- 26 Jun 2012
- Kind
- Explosion
- Coordinates
- 53.58° N, 2.09° W
- Description
- Explosion in Oldham, England
- Deaths
- 1
2012 Oldham explosion
Explosion in Oldham, England
The 2012 Oldham explosion occurred on 26 June 2012. A house on Buckley Street in Shaw, a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, England, exploded at 10:40am. Twelve neighbouring homes were destroyed in the blast amounting to £1.2 million of damage. 175 homes were evacuated. Thirty firefighters were at the site of the blast. A two-year-old boy was killed and one man injured.
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