THIS is the moment the actions of an "idiotic moron" caused a tar barrel to explode, injuring innocent bystanders.
THIS is the moment the actions of an "idiotic moron" caused a tar barrel to explode, injuring up to twelve people.
Some suffered burns to their faces and were taken to hospital after the blast, after an unknown onlooker lobbed an aerosol into a lit barrel near Ottery's factory site.
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