Overview
- Doorbell camera footage and multiple eyewitnesses show a bungalow on Cobb Hall Road exploding and collapsing, sending bricks and debris into the street.
- Thames Valley Police and Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue said one person was injured and taken to hospital after emergency services were called at about 9.44am on Sunday.
- SGN engineers joined crews on site and nearby residents were evacuated to the Crooked Billet pub for shelter while safety assessments and damage checks took place.
- Neighbours have launched a GoFundMe to help the homeowner and displaced residents, and a pet dog from the property has been taken for veterinary care.
- Authorities are treating the incident as a suspected gas explosion but have not released a definitive cause so forensic and gas-network investigations remain under way.