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Old 26th Jun 2006, 21:22
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The Nr Fairy
 
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Think there was a fatal explosion there some years ago.
I think so, but it would have been mid/late 80s. When I was a trainee copper in Wiltshire (and I've got both the lobotomy and reverse lobotomy scars to show entry AND exit ) one of the less delightful aspects of the training was the flickbooks of photos from crime scenes / road accidents / firework factory explosions, and I seem to recall the above accident was one of them. Not a pretty sight.

Of (if memory serves correctly) the two women caught up in the blast, the "lucky" one died almost instantly. The other survived for a few weeks after.
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