Blow the bloody doors off

摘要

Across cultures, winter is celebrated with fire and flame. Think of Diwali's festival of lights, the Chanukah menorah, Christmas candles, Bonfire Night in the UK, and so on. So it is with nos: a collection of flame-related incidents, mostly of a non-celebratory nature. We start in south London. Well, we have to start somewhere. Back in December an explosion at the Abbey Pharmacy in Wimbledon blew the doors off, collapsed a ceiling, sent one employee to hospital and caused another to be treated on the premises for shock.