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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

Ira Said To Be Behind Explosion In London

Compiled From Wire Services

An explosion rocked a district of western London Wednesday night, following a warning call attributed to the Irish Republican Army, police and fire officials said.

The explosion occurred at an empty house on a street called The Boltons in an expensive residential area of London. Windows were blown out in the house and neighboring buildings, but there were no injuries, police said.

An anonymous telephone call received by The Associated Press, and using a recognized code word, warned a bomb was planted about a half hour before the first report of a blast.

“There was a vast explosion that shook the house,” said Carolyn Seymour, who lives nearby. “The windows almost came in.”

The area is near the Earl’s Court tourist district.

The IRA has resumed attacks in Britain, but not in Northern Ireland, in its quarter-century campaign to end British rule in the province.