Explosion rocks Taranaki beachfront

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Emergency services responded to an explosion in Taranaki on Monday evening. 

The fire service was called to the incident on Greenwood Rd just before 6:30pm.

A fire service spokesman says a small, deliberate fire is believed to have triggered it. 

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