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Firemen spray water on what is left of the Icepak Coolstore. Photo / Paul Estcourt
A gas blast which killed a Hamilton fireman and injured seven others at the weekend was similar to a terrorist blast in Iraq or London, a surgeon says.
Grant Christey, head of trauma at Waikato Hospital, said today the blast would haver ripped through the Icepak coolstores on Saturday at 2000km/h, followed by super heated air which caused severe injuries to exposed flesh.
All of them had been knocked out by the blast and would have been hit by flying debris.
Video: Coolstore fire burning