TWO people were taken to hospital after a boiler exploded at a house in High Flatts.

The kerosene boiler exploded in the basement of the house in Pump Row at 4.20am today.

Fire crews from Skelmanthorpe and Holmfirth were sent to the incident.

A man in the house suffered shock and his son suffered slight burns.

Both were taken to Huddersfield Royal Infirmary.

The extent of the damage at the house is not known.