Four children and a man taken to hospital with ‘life-threatening’ and ‘life-changing’ injuries after Mirfield explosion
Four children and a man were taken to hospital yesterday (Sunday) after the vehicle they were in exploded in Mirfield.
West Yorkshire Police were called to a report of an explosion in a vehicle at the Hare and Hounds Inn, Liley Lane, at 2.17pm yesterday.
A police spokesperson confirmed: “Emergency services attended and found that five people in the vehicle – four children and a man – had suffered serious burns.
“All of them were taken to hospital for treatment. A man, aged 43, and a girl, aged eight, suffered life-threatening injuries.
“The three other children have injuries which are believed to be life-changing.”
Enquiries are ongoing into the incident, but police say there are not believed to be any suspicious circumstances.