“I will be going to the scene at some point but at the moment I am monitoring the situation and letting the emergency services get on with their jobs.”

He also took the opportunity to dismiss rumours, circulating on social media, that the incident was terror related. Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service, East Midlands Ambulance Service and Leicestershire Police responded to reports of an explosion and fire at a building in Hinckley Road at about 7pm on Sunday.
An explosion destroys a store and a house, causing at least five deaths on Hinckley Road in Leicester, England. The cause of the explosion and subsequent fire is unknown.