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| Man's home destroyed in gas blast | Man's home destroyed in gas blast |
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| A pensioner has survived a gas cannister explosion which destroyed his house on the outskirts of west Belfast. | A pensioner has survived a gas cannister explosion which destroyed his house on the outskirts of west Belfast. |
| The huge blast ripped through the elderly man's bungalow in Glassveigh Gardens in Twinbrook at about 2330 BST. | The huge blast ripped through the elderly man's bungalow in Glassveigh Gardens in Twinbrook at about 2330 BST. |
| The blast caused three walls and part of the roof of the house to be blown out. | The blast caused three walls and part of the roof of the house to be blown out. |
| The pensioner was taken to hospital but was not seriously injured. A woman who was in an adjoining house suffered shock. | The pensioner was taken to hospital but was not seriously injured. A woman who was in an adjoining house suffered shock. |
| A number of residents had to be evacuated to a local hall while the emergancy services made the area safe. | A number of residents had to be evacuated to a local hall while the emergancy services made the area safe. |
| Thirteen-year-old Conor Brennan heard the explosion. | |
| "There was a sort of explosion and doors started to shake and the pictures on the wall started to shake. | |
| "Then we went out and everyone was just running out of their houses. Then a couple of minutes later the fire brigade and the police came," he said. |