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❚❙ Three weeks after a devastating gas explosion in Birstall, neighbours are still coming to terms with the damage – and a family to a tragic loss
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lation and plaster dangles or two days long his family will be out of she will be displaced for sever-
above the bed she was lying in ahead. the property. al months while her home is
at the time of the explosion. “We’re in Another neighbour said: “I repaired.
Pieces of glass are embedded our own think most people have moved She escaped unscathed but
in walls. bubble. The and they’ve been told they large sections of her home will
“It’s a strange thing. You’ve rest of the won’t be able to come back for need extensive renovation.
more chance of winning the lot-
tery than your house being des-
world goes on.
“There are a lot
of elderly people
about six months.”
An 80-year-old, who has lived
More than 50 homes sus-
tained some level of damage
All areas covered
troyed like this,” he said. in Keswick Drive for 20 years, following the tragedy.
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