The fire in Yate, near Bristol, has almost burnt the house to the ground, as it's understood nearby residents have been evacuated.

A house has dramatically blown up in what is suspected to be a gas explosion with three people taken to hospital. Footage circulating online shows plumes of black smoke and flames coming from a property on Lancaster Road in Yate, near Bristol, on Tuesday morning.

Three people have been taken to hospital after reports of a gas explosion which destroyed a house near Bristol. The house in Yate was burnt almost completely to the ground during the blaze, which followed the explosion on Tuesday morning.