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Five people sustained minor injuries after an explosion crumbled most of a strip mall in Mississauga Sunday.

Emergency crews were called to a business at about 7:30 a.m. on the west side of Hurontario St., just north of Dundas St.

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One man was taken to hospital in serious, non-life threatening condition and two other men, a woman and a boy were treated at the scene for minor injuries, said Mississauga Fire Chief Tim Beckett.

“When crews arrived, three people had made it to the roof (where they were rescued),” Beckett said, adding the collapsed roof was mostly at ground level.

Two men made their way out.

All five were residents, living in the rear of the commercial mall.

Beckett said the explosion damaged gas lines and fire crews will be working at the mall until at least sometime Monday. Officials on Sunday were unable to say what caused the blast.

“We don’t know what type of explosion this is,” Beckett said, adding it could be felt for blocks.

When the scene is deemed safe, cadaver dogs will be deployed to determine if anyone else was in the damaged buildings.

Many adjacent buildings had their windows blown out and about 50 people living in the area had to be evacuated.

Eight-year-old Viviana Cortez and her family were peparing for her birthday party when they were evacuated from their home. Emergency crews decorated the inside of an ambulance with balloons and provided birthday cupcakes.

The gesture was amazing said mom Debbie Cortez.