TWO phone boxes were blown up last night in further fireworks attacks in York.

At 8.20pm yesterday, a resident in Burton Stone Lane described a bang loud enough to move the mirror on her wall as a phone box exploded outside.

Police have issued descriptions of two youths in connection with the incident, opposite Macs video centre.

One was wearing dark clothing and a dark baseball cap, and the other was wearing a dark hooded top.

Julie Wiseman-Howard, 31, who lives four doors away from the phone box in Burton Stone Lane, said shattered glass from the explosion had reached the end of her driveway.

She said: "It was so loud, the mirror on my wall moved.

"There was glass all across the road, right up to our driveway.

"It's ridiculous. I don't know where they get these fireworks from. It is a bit scary, too. You don't want to come home to this after a hard day's work."

Earlier in the evening, at 7.55pm, a phone box was blown up in Westfield Place, Acomb, leaving glass all over the road.

In another incident, at 7.20pm, staff at the Star of Bengal restaurant in Burton Stone Lane saw a gang of three of four youths pushing fireworks through their letterbox. They managed to disarm the fireworks before they exploded.

Sergeant Andy Farrar, of York police, said: "This seems to be a bit of a fad at the moment. "

Seven phone boxes have now been targeted across the city.

Cyclist Martyn Miller was hit by the door of a phone box which exploded in Melrosegate, Tang Hall.

Phone boxes in Tang Hall Lane, Hull Road, Bell Farm Avenue were blown up over the weekend, and on Monday there was a further incident in Murton.

Updated: 10:49 Thursday, October 16, 2003