Homes in Weybridge shook in the early hours of this morning after two gas cylinders exploded.
Two large cylinders, including a 25kg propane drum, ruptured on the railway line at Oatlands Avenue and caused debris to be thrown 100m to near flats in Brockley Combe.
Firefighters from Sunbury and Staines were called just before 5.55am to help make the scene safe.
An investigation is being carried out by British Transport Police.
#weybridge I think it was a gas explosion in a house on Oatlands Avenue Police and Fire Attended
— Steve Parsons (@sparsons69) March 26, 2015
South West Trains services were disrupted while police and firefighters attended, with trains unable to call at Walton, Hersham and Esher.
Was the explosion/bang at 5.50am anything to do with the fire engines on Oatlands and the trains not stopping at Weybridge/walton?
— Clare Smith (@ClareSmith53) March 26, 2015
A normal service resumed shortly after 8.30am.
- Did you see what happened? Did your house shake? Contact the newsdesk on 020 8722 6395 or email laura.proto@london.newsquest.co.uk.
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