Selkirk College’s Silver King Campus in Nelson was evacuated after a pair of gas tanks exploded, shaking the surrounding neighbourhood Thursday afternoon.
The Nelson Police Department said there were no injuries or casualties after what the college said in a statement was the explosion of two acetylene gas tanks located outside one of its trades buildings.
Students and residents told the Nelson Star they heard two loud blasts followed by a large plume of smoke that rose above the campus.
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