Farm machinery and a workshop were destroyed by fire in Barcombe early today.
More than 20 firefighters battled the blaze for more than an hour at Mill Lane.
Fire crews from stations including Haywards Heath, Turners Hill and East Grinstead managed to retrieve five gas cylinders from the workshop but one exploded with the intense heat of the fire, which broke out just before 7am.
Firefighters were still damping down later this morning. The cause of the blaze is under investigation.
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