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  "publishedAt": "2026-02-22T08:12:40.000Z",
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  "textContent": "The farm’s ‘Big Machine Event’ was taking place when the explosion happened (Picture: Google)\n\nAn explosion during a charity event at a farm in Cheshire led to five people being taken to hospital.\n\nThe gas canister blast happened at Moseley Hall Farm in Knutsford at around 1pm on Saturday, Cheshire Police said.\n\nA fundraising day for the North West Air Ambulance Service was taking place on the site at the time.\n\nFour of the five people injured in the incident were workers at the Lambing Shed Farm Shop, based at the farm.\n\nIn a post on social media, the business said they were ‘currently receiving medical care and are being supported by their families’.\n\n##  Sign up for all of the latest stories\n\nStart your day informed with Metro's **News Updates** newsletter or get **Breaking News **alerts the moment it happens.\n\nIt continued: ‘We are extremely grateful to the emergency responders for their swift and professional assistance.’\n\nOne witness wrote beneath the post to say the explosion was ‘pretty scary’ and her older son was ‘still not himself’ after seeing it happen.\n\nAll five people were treated by paramedics at the scene before being taken to hospital as a precaution.\n\nA spokesperson for Cheshire Police said their injuries are not believed to be life-threatening or life-changing and the incident is not being treated as suspicious.\n\nThey said: ‘Officers swiftly attended the scene and found that a gas canister on the site had ignited and subsequently exploded.\n\n‘Whilst enquiries are under way to fully establish the circumstances surrounding the incident, it is not being treated as suspicious.’\n\nAnother event due to take place tomorrow has now been cancelled, the Lambing Shed Farm Shop confirmed.\n\nThe post said: ‘This has not been an easy decision, but our priority right now is the wellbeing of our team.’\n\n******Get in touch with our news team by emailing us atwebnews@metro.co.uk.******\n\n**For more stories like this,****check our news page**.\n\nComment now Comments  Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google Add as preferred source ",
  "title": "Five taken to hospital after food truck explodes at charity event"
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