BREAKING: Munich explosion: Man dead after 'setting fire to parent's home using explosives'

A street has been placed under lockdown after a man reportedly set fire to his parents home using explosives, with one person killed in the blast.

Emergency services raced to the scene to find flames tearing through a residential building in Lerchenau, northern Munich, where "loud banging noises were heard". An injured person was found who might be connected to the incident, officers said.

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