A man was injured in a suspected gas cylinder explosion in Tottenham that was heard as far away as Walthamstow and south Woodford.
Police were called at 5.30pm to the explosion at a workshop in Brantwood Road, Tottenham.
London Fire Brigade also attended, and the London Ambulance Service treated a man for non-life threatening injuries.
The sound was heard in Edmonton, Enfield and Walthamstow.
People took to social media to speculate about the noise, which many believed might be a sonic boom after two RAF Typhoon fighters from RAF Coningsby were scrambled early on December 1 after an aircraft lost communications.
Haringey police tweeted, explaining this was not the cause.
A man sustained non life-threatening injuries after a suspected cylinder explosion at a workshop in Brantwood Road, #Tottenham #N17. We were called at 5.15pm along with LAS and LFB. The incident is not believed to be suspicious.
— MPS Haringey (@MPSHaringey) December 30, 2019
One Twitter user, @nonam212, said: "Wow, we heard the explosion in Walthamstow. He's a very lucky man not to have life threatening injuries."
Another said the explosion was heard as far away as south Woodford.
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