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| Emergency services are at the scene of a gas explosion in the village of Mynydd-y-Garreg near Kidwelly in Carmarthenshire. | Emergency services are at the scene of a gas explosion in the village of Mynydd-y-Garreg near Kidwelly in Carmarthenshire. |
| A total of 13 houses have been damaged by an explosion which destroyed the back of one home at 1245 GMT. | A total of 13 houses have been damaged by an explosion which destroyed the back of one home at 1245 GMT. |
| Gas engineers are at the scene in Meinciau Road and Dyfed-Powys Police said surrounding houses are being evacuated. | Gas engineers are at the scene in Meinciau Road and Dyfed-Powys Police said surrounding houses are being evacuated. |
| The ambulance service said there are no reports of any injuries. | The ambulance service said there are no reports of any injuries. |
| People living in a nearby street told BBC Wales that they heard a loud bang and felt their houses shake. | People living in a nearby street told BBC Wales that they heard a loud bang and felt their houses shake. |
| The amount of damage is unbelievable. The back of the house looks as if someone has picked it up and scattered it across the garden Neighbour Christopher Williams | |
| Christopher Williams, a 36-year-old security worker, who lives opposite the badly damaged house, explained he was in the shower when he heard the explosion. | |
| "I looked out of the window and it was raining debris," he said. | |
| "I just ran across to the house and I was the first to go in. There was almost nothing left of the back wall - it's been totally blown out. | |
| "The amount of damage is unbelievable. The back of the house looks as if someone has picked it up and scattered it across the garden." | |
| "If she had been in the bedroom at the time, she would not still be here." | |
| He explained that houses were evacuated and around 25 people were told to go to a nearby community hall. People have since been allowed to return to their homes. | |
| Station commander Nigel Gibbard: "There's been a serious explosion at one of the properties which appears to have come from a leak of gas. | |
| "There was one lady in the property at the time and she was uninjured as were the neighbours." | |
| The origin of the explosion - believed to be in a utility room of the bungalow - is being investigated. |