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Four people were hospitalized in critical condition following an explosion that left a building in the English city of Leicester in flames today, local emergency agencies said. Leicestershire Police initially asked the public to stay away from the road where the explosion happened just after 7 pm while first responders tended to what was described as a "major incident." The department said on its website about three hours later there was no indication the emergency was terrorist-related. It asked the news media and everyone else not to speculate about the cause.