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| Five injured in a house explosion in Nottinghamshire | |
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| An explosion has injured five people at a house in Nottinghamshire, with searches still ongoing inside. | |
| The county's fire service said the home in Wright Street, Newark, was severely damaged in the blast, thought to be caused by gas, at 17:10 BST. | The county's fire service said the home in Wright Street, Newark, was severely damaged in the blast, thought to be caused by gas, at 17:10 BST. |
| Five people were taken to hospital, police said, but no more details have been released. | |
| Firefighters are searching the building for other victims. About 100 neighbours have been moved out of their homes. | |
| Isla McDonald, who lives opposite the damaged house, said: "We saw this smoke. A man was crawling through the debris and he was bleeding. The whole house had come down. | Isla McDonald, who lives opposite the damaged house, said: "We saw this smoke. A man was crawling through the debris and he was bleeding. The whole house had come down. |
| "We got him out and carried him up the path away from the smoke. The whole of the house was on fire this side. It was so frightening. | "We got him out and carried him up the path away from the smoke. The whole of the house was on fire this side. It was so frightening. |
| "We put something on his head, he said 'My wife's upstairs and my granddad is in the cellar'," she added. | "We put something on his head, he said 'My wife's upstairs and my granddad is in the cellar'," she added. |
| Eduart Pergjejji also helped pull the man out of the rubble. | |
| "The whole house was all down. It was insane," he said. "I've never seen anything like it. It's all down, the bricks have fallen on the street. | |
| "It was really like a huge bomb exploding." | |
| A police spokesman said residents are being asked to stay indoors and keep windows closed to reduce the effects of dust and any gas fumes. | |
| The air ambulance has been seen leaving the scene and another helicopter returned to the street. | |
| The fire service said it has specialist rescue equipment and four fire engines at the scene. | The fire service said it has specialist rescue equipment and four fire engines at the scene. |
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