Explosion at Balcombe pub
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Emergency services were called to an explosion in a Balcombe pub yesterday night (Thursday September 5).
A man was treated for shock by the ambulance service at the pub in London Road just after 8.30pm.
The small explosion was caused by a broken LPG gas pipe behind an oven in the pub’s kitchen, said West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service.