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Man injured as van crashes into Wolverhampton house after gas cannister explodes inside it

Emergency services were called to a Wolverhampton street after a van crashed into a house as a gas cannister exploded inside it.

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Parkfield road on the junction with Bowen street

Paramedics said a man had been injured after the incident on Bowen Street in Ettingshall.

West Midlands Police said: "A van crashed into a house on Bowen Street in the early hours of this morning. It’s believed a gas cannister exploded in the vehicle."

It happened at 4.39am at the junction of Bowen Street and Parkfield Road.

A spokesman for West Midlands Ambulance Service said: "We were called at 4.39am to an incident at the junction of Bowen Street and Parkfield Road in Ettingshall.