Emergency services are dealing with a major fire on an industrial estate which has left eight people injured.
Police, firefighters and the ambulance service were called to Hobbs Industrial Estate in Newchapel, near Lingfield, Surrey, just before 11.30am after reports of an explosion, Surrey Police said.
A spokeswoman said: "Surrey Police, Surrey Fire and Rescue Service, South East Coast Ambulance Service and Surrey Air Ambulance are all in attendance at the scene."
The explosion was heard by people at the nearby London England Temple.
One engineer, who did not wish to be named, said he was working on a roof near the boundary of the temple's 32-acre grounds, when he heard a loud bang.
"There was a massive, massive bang, a large bang, with a little after-bang but that was it," he said.
A South East Coast Ambulance Service spokeswoman said eight people had been taken to three different hospitals. She said their injuries ranged from "less serious to far more serious".
One casualty was airlifted to a London hospital, five were admitted to the East Surrey Hospital at Redhill and two were taken to the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton.
A spokesman for the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance service said it was called to the scene just after 11.20am. He added: "Both helicopters attended with additional doctor and paramedic ground support. Two patients were airlifted and other casualties were taken to local hospitals by land."
Emergency services are dealing with a major fire on an industrial estate which has left eight people injured.
Police, firefighters and the ambulance service were called to Hobbs Industrial Estate in Newchapel, near Lingfield, Surrey, just before 11.30am after reports of an explosion, Surrey Police said.
A spokeswoman said: "Surrey Police, Surrey Fire and Rescue Service, South East Coast Ambulance Service and Surrey Air Ambulance are all in attendance at the scene."
The explosion was heard by people at the nearby London England Temple.
One engineer, who did not wish to be named, said he was working on a roof near the boundary of the temple's 32-acre grounds, when he heard a loud bang.
"There was a massive, massive bang, a large bang, with a little after-bang but that was it," he said.
A South East Coast Ambulance Service spokeswoman said eight people had been taken to three different hospitals. She said their injuries ranged from "less serious to far more serious".
One casualty was airlifted to a London hospital, five were admitted to the East Surrey Hospital at Redhill and two were taken to the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton.
A spokesman for the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance service said it was called to the scene just after 11.20am. He added: "Both helicopters attended with additional doctor and paramedic ground support. Two patients were airlifted and other casualties were taken to local hospitals by land."