A massive explosion in Canberra damaged several restaurants and brought a man to the hospital.
Security cameras captured the huge explosion in a shop front on Rae Street, Belconnen on the ACT around 7:30 p.m. Monday night.
The video shows the building transforming into a fireball, with a sudden explosion hurling metal debris and broken glass meters far into a nearby parking lot.
A kebab shop was destroyed in the explosion, which started a fire which caused serious damage to a number of nearby restaurants.
« There are many local food stalls so we are of course very grateful that only one person was injured, » Emily McCallum, assistant inspector for ACT police, told reporters .
Residents were asked to close the windows and turn off the air conditioning as black smoke was rising.
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