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Explosion at Burger King in New Kingston
The Burger King in New Kingston.
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September 11, 2024

Explosion at Burger King in New Kingston

KINGSTON, Jamaica — There was a gas explosion at a Burger King outlet in New Kingston on Wednesday morning.

Officials are not yet able to confirm how many people were injured during the incident but when a team from Observer Online visited the scene, the building’s glass windows on the ground floor were shattered.

A cab driver, who said he was driving along Knutsford Boulevard when the incident happened, detailed the horrific scene in the immediate aftermath of the explosion.

“Mi ah drive past and mi hear the explosion, and mi see people running from Burger King and (neighbouring) Island Grill… the place shake when it explode and people run out with skin dropping off and one youth had to be lifted out because he couldn’t walk, all him shoes and socks blow off… it did serious man, rough,” he told Observer Online.

Police and firefighters are now on the scene.

More to come.

Police and firefighters at the scene were a Burger King outlet in New Kingston exploded on Wednesday.

Police and firefighters at the scene were a Burger King outlet in New Kingston exploded on Wednesday.

The shattered windows of the Burger King outlet in New Kingston where there was an explosion on Wednesday.

Glass fragments on the ground outside on the Burger King in New Kingston.

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