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Man is injured in gas explosion | Man is injured in gas explosion |
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A man has been taken to hospital after a gas explosion at a flat in Denbighshire early on Monday. | |
Neighbours had to be evacuated from their homes following the explosion in Caradoc Street, Prestatyn. | |
North Wales Fire and Rescue Service were called to the incident at about 0719 GMT, and police and Transco engineers also attended. | |
The injured man was taken to Ysbyty Glan Clwyd at Bodelwyddan, suffering from burns. His condition is not known. | The injured man was taken to Ysbyty Glan Clwyd at Bodelwyddan, suffering from burns. His condition is not known. |
Kenneth Jackson, 78, who lives in the flat underneath the injured man, believed the incident happened about 0715 GMT. | |
Neighbour Kenneth Jackson heard part of the roof fall off | |
He told BBC News Online: "All I heard was a crash so I opened the blinds and there outside the window was part of the roof that had come down. | |
"Then we were told here had been a gas explosion. | |
"The police got us all out and took us all over to the school opposite (Bodnant Infants' School). | |
"We were there for a good two hours before they did a gas test and let us back in." | |
According to Mr Jackson, the injured man was in his 50s and lived on his own. | |
He said: "We've heard they took him to hospital but we've no idea how he is. | |
"Nobody really knows what happened." | |
Mr Jackson added he had not heard anything which sounded like an explosion. |
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