Emergency crews investigating a suspected gas explosion at an Islamic Turkish cultural centre in Northampton have said an electric water heater was to blame.
Northamptonshire Police were called to reports of an explosion and attended the UK Turkish Islamic Cultural Centre in Newnham Road, Northampton at around 5.30pm on Monday.
Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue established that no-one was in the building, that there had been no fire from the explosion and no-one was injured as a result of the explosion.
Officers cordoned off the area around the shops and residents of the flats above the centre were evacuated whilst checks were made. The cause of the explosion was found to be an electric water heater which caused no fire or burning and officers do not believe there to be any suspicious circumstances.
Newnham Road was closed off at the junctions of Brockall Road and Eastern Avenue North.
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