Breaking: Blast rocks Belfast's Palace Barracks
POLICE report an explosion at Palace Barracks in Belfast, Sky News said. The BBC said a number of families have been moved from their homes. Police and the fire service were at the scene.
Local eyewitnesses said they heard a large bang just after midnight (local time), the BBC reports. There were no immediate reports of injuries.
The BBC said the blast seems to have been timed to coincide with the precise moment that policing and justice powers devolved from Westminster to Stormont.
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