Elderly woman flown to hospital after Chiswick explosion An elderly woman was airlifted to hospital after a fire and explosion at a block of flats. Two other people were also injured in the incident at Edensor Gardens in Chiswick, west London, police said. Early indications suggest that a fire in a ground floor flat triggered a gas explosion, although investigators are carrying out a full inquiry into the cause of the blast. The London air ambulance, 30 firefighters, police and paramedics were sent to the property after the blaze was reported just before 3pm on Tuesday. Scotland Yard said the elderly woman was taken to hospital by helicopter but the other two people caught up in the fire were not thought to be seriously injured. A number of other residents have been evacuated while the scene is dealt with. Inquiries are under way," a spokesman said. A London Air Ambulance spokesman said: "Our advanced trauma doctor and paramedic have been dispatched to an explosion in Chiswick."