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| Rescuers search for two after four hurt in Nottinghamshire blast | |
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| Rescuers are searching for two people in the remains of a house in Nottinghamshire after it was destroyed in an explosion, injuring four people. | |
| A man, a woman and two children were taken to hospital after the blast which reduced the terraced house in Wright, Street, Newark, to rubble. | |
| Several other properties were damaged and around 100 people have been moved from their homes. | |
| Experts believe the explosion, shortly after 17:00 BST, was caused by gas. | |
| The injured have not been named, but the emergency services have confirmed they are looking for two other people who are thought to have been in the property at the time. | |
| Newborn baby | Newborn baby |
| 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. | "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. | "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. | "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." | "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. | 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. | 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." | "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' | '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 with a running commentary. | A visibly shaking Jane Henson said the house has been completely destroyed. She was the first to call 999 and provided the operator with a running commentary. |
| She said: "I felt the house shake. I looked out of the window and there was thick, black smoke. | She said: "I felt the house shake. I looked out of the window and there was thick, black smoke. |
| "There were just people running everywhere shouting 'There's a bomb gone off' and just panic. It's awful, terrible." | "There were just people running everywhere shouting 'There's a bomb gone off' and just panic. It's awful, terrible." |
| Pirita Suomela, who lives nearby and was on the scene within minutes, said: "From where I was standing it looked like complete destruction." | |
| She said she heard a loud bang and went outside to see "huge clouds of smoke coming up behind the trees". | |
| A man was lying disorientated in the street with blood on his face. | |
| "Within a minute of this I saw what can only be described as a tornado of smoke rising up with violent flames blasting a long way over the footpath, immediately in front of the house," she added. | |
| A police spokesman advised residents to stay indoors and keep windows closed to reduce the effects of dust and any gas fumes. | |
| Police asked around 100 people to leave their homes while alternative accommodation was offered to those who could not go to family and friends following the blast. | |
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