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Multiple firefighters and police officers have been injured after a standoff at a home in the US ended in a huge explosion.
Neighbours at the address in New Haven, Connecticut, said they believed the house was "rigged with bombs".
Emergency services had initially been called to a hostage situation, according to reports.
A SWAT team had surrounded the home and local reporters at the scene overheard police on a loudspeaker asking a man to "come out".
The standoff had continued for several hours before the sudden explosion left the house engulfed in flames.