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A man has been arrested after a gas explosion destroyed a terraced home in the middle of the night.
The explosion happened at around 1.10am this morning on Marlborough Avenue in Goole, East Yorkshire.
Households miraculously escaped, as no one was injured in a huge blast which rocked a street and forced residents to seek sanctuary in a parish church.
Humberside Police confirmed the incident is being treated as an arson attack, as a man has been arrested at the scene on suspicion of committing arson with intent to endanger life.
Residents saw a house go up in flames as bricks fell from the property onto the top of cars. A large gaping hole has been left in the property.
A man has been arrested at the scene on suspicion of committing arson with intent to endanger life
A gas explosion rocked a street in Goole, East Yorkshire and forced residents to seek sanctuary in a parish church in the early hours of this morning
The blast ripped through one of the houses, leaving a gaping hole and a collapsed roof in the terrace
Police said there were no serious injuries and everyone had been accounted for.
Those impacted said it was 'like a scene from the Blitz' as 999 workers cleared the wreckage from the blast this morning.
Resident Nicolescu Sorin: 'It terrible. It was a gas explosion, it happened around 1am. Pieces of the house wall fell over the cars and across the street, including power lines and tv cable.
'It's the first time I've seen something like this. The intervention of the firemen and the police was
