A man has been arrested over a blaze at a fireworks warehouse in Staffordshire where two people remain unaccounted for.
An investigation has been launched into what caused the explosion at the SP Plastics building at an industrial unit in Stafford at around 5.15pm on Thursday.
Two men were taken to the University Hospital of North Staffordshire, one in his 60s suffering from a back injury and another, in his 40s, with serious burns.
Two women, one in her 40s and the other in her 50s, were assessed for smoke inhalation but discharged at the scene, police said.
Police said a 53-year-old man had now been arrested as part of the investigation.
Police Superintendent Ian Coxhead said: "We have a great deal of sensitive and challenging work to complete in order to allow us to establish the cause of the explosion and the following fire."
A "significant volume of fireworks" was being stored on site, and the unit had been all but destroyed in the ensuing blaze, he added.
A search is due to get under way for the missing people, once the premises are considered safe.
The blaze took three hours to bring under control - 50 firefighters, eight engines and four specialist appliances were on the scene at its height.
Thick plumes of smoke and bursts of fireworks could be seen exploding in all directions from the factory in a scene which an eyewitness described as "horrendous".
Resident Brian Little told Sky News: "It was horrendous. You would not be surprised if there was one or two injuries. The flames were sky-high."
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