WATCH: Residents awoken with a "bang" as fire erupts in Portsmouth street
A fire suddenly erupted around 5am
Fratton residents were awoken early this morning with a “bang” after a fire broke out.
A blast was heard around 5am in New Road before flames suddenly “went up” in a garden as plumes of smoke poured into the sky.
One local, believing a gas canister may have exploded, said: “You could feel the explosion then the fire was instant.”
Another person said they were awoken with a “bang”.