A van has been totally destroyed after a gas cylinder exploded due to a fire outside a Welsh golf club.
The incident happened at Brecon Golf Club on Tuesday afternoon.
Firefighters, an environmental unit and Western Power were all in attendance and hundreds of litres of contaminated water needed to be soaked up at the scene.
The fire started in the vehicle shortly before 5pm on Tuesday and it caused a propane canister to explode inside the van.
A spokesman for Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service said: “At 4.56pm crews from Brecon and Llanelli attended a vehicle fire in Llanfaes, Brecon.
“The fire involved a large goods vehicle, which was totally destroyed by the fire. A 19kg propane cylinder had also exploded at the incident prior to the arrival of the fire service.
“Firefighters fought the fire using two breathing apparatus, two hose reel jets and a high-pressure lance."
He added: "An Environmental Unit, deployed from Llanelli Fire Station, contained and soaked up approximately 600 litres of contaminated water with sand, oversized drums and absorbent pads, and granules were also used to soak up the remaining fuel after the vehicle was recovered.”
Nobody was injured in the incident, but fire crews did remain at the scene for more than three hours.
