Gas cylinder explosion leaves at least 77 injured in Malaga

At least 77 people have been injured, five of them seriously, after a gas cylinder exploded on Saturday in a restaurant near Malaga. The blast took place in the Spanish town of Velez-Malaga on the southern coast, a spokesman for the Andalucia region's emergency unit said.

The spokesman said the explosion occurred at about 5pm during a festival in the town, which is 23 miles east of the popular tourist destination of Malaga. Thankfully no death was recorded. Continue...

Video footage posted on social media showed people fleeing a fire inside a small restaurant called 'La Bohemia' close to the centre of Velez-Malaga, with the street outside covered in debris