One woman, Beth Poynter, who was finishing her last shift at the Weavers Arms on Muspole Street, described how she heard a "crackling sound" from outside the pub shortly before 3pm on Friday.

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She said: "It was a really loud crackling sound, enough to distract me from my work.

"When I came out people were running........

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