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| Five injured in a house explosion in Nottinghamshire | Five injured in a house explosion in Nottinghamshire |
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| An explosion has injured five people and destroyed a house, severely damaging another. | |
| Nottinghamshire 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. | Five people were taken to hospital, police said, but no more details have been released. |
| The search for survivors is ongoing, while about 100 people have been moved out of neighbouring properties. | |
| Cormac Fleming from Newark witnessed the blast and helped with the rescue effort, plucking a newborn baby from the neighbour's damaged house. | |
| "I live just a couple of streets away and was first on the scene, with my wife and two kids. We were walking our dog and got within 8ft of the house, when it exploded right in front of us," he said. | |
| "The sheer force of the blast knocked my son off his bike. I rang 999 straight away. | |
| "One house was completely destroyed and the house next to it was half-blown up. | |
| "I then noticed a curtain moving in the house next door. I, and another man, smashed the window and next thing I was being handed a newborn baby." | |
| He said a five-year-old and his mother, who was cut and in shock, followed the baby out. | |
| They were led away from the rubble before Mr Fleming and the man returned to the house to try and help. | |
| "We tried to see if anyone was in it from the back but it soon caught fire, so we pulled back and waited for the fire service to arrive." | |
| 'Like a bomb' | |
| 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. | 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. | "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." | "It was really like a huge bomb exploding." |
| A visibly shaking Jane Henson said the house has been completely destroyed. She was the first to call 999 and provided the operator a running commentary. | |
| She said: "I felt the house shake. I looked out of the window and there was thick, black smoke. | |
| "There was just people running everywhere shouting 'There's a bomb gone off' and just panic. It's awful, terrible." | |
| A police spokesman said residents should 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 air ambulance has been seen leaving the scene and another helicopter returned to the street. |
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