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Flats evacuated after explosion and teen arrested

News imageJacob Ottaway/BBC A high street partly cordoned off with blue and white police tape in the foreground.Jacob Ottaway/BBC

A teenager was arrested on suspicion of arson after an explosion which was believed to have been caused by an aerosol can.

Police were called to Princes Street in Ipswich just before 20:45 BST on Friday and found several windows were damaged.

People were asked to leave a block of flats as a precaution but they have since been allowed to return and the street has been reopened.

An 18-year-old man was arrested earlier on suspicion of arson and criminal damage with intent to endanger life.

Police believe an aerosol can was placed on a heat source.

Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service and the East of England Ambulance Service also attended the scene.

News imageJacob Ottaway/BBC A block of flats with several of the windows damaged. The building appears orange, but rendered and painted white on the ground floor. Blue and white police tape is visible.Jacob Ottaway/BBC
Police said several windows were damaged following the explosion

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