It's like a warzone here...............

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Following this mornings gas explosion in Shaw,we got helicopters continually
flying overhead,more police and ambulances than you can shake a stick at,

Gave up on my planned ride,cant move for cordoned off roads.
Sadly one child died in the carnage :sad:
My lads best mate lives 50m away, luckily he was out at the time,
Some poor souls still trapped apparently
 

ColinJ

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I saw it on the BBC news earlier, Paul - terrible!

That must have been some gas leak. When I first heard the news, I wondered whether somebody had been building a bomb which had gone off accidentally. It's incredible how much damage was caused.

It's bad enough that one child died and an adult is gravely ill in hospital. I just hope that no-one else is involved, but the wreckage of those buildings could well cover more victims.
 

Mad Doug Biker

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I saw it on the BBC news earlier, Paul - terrible!

That must have been some gas leak. When I first heard the news, I wondered whether somebody had been building a bomb which had gone off accidentally. It's incredible how much damage was caused.

It's bad enough that one child died and an adult is gravely ill in hospital. I just hope that no-one else is involved, but the wreckage of those buildings could well cover more victims.

There was a gas explosion up here in Coatbridge (I think) a few years back now where a family was killed. All that was left of most of their house was in tiny bits.
 
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We heard a big woomph,then the blast wave hit nearly knocking me
off my seat at the pc,looked outside to see a mini mushroom cloud,
went to see what had happened to be greeted with a scene of utter devastation,
3 houses just rubble,windows blown out,thousands of shards of slate everywhere
 

Rickshaw Phil

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We heard a big woomph,then the blast wave hit nearly knocking me
off my seat at the pc,looked outside to see a mini mushroom cloud,
went to see what had happened to be greeted with a scene of utter devastation,
3 houses just rubble,windows blown out,thousands of shards of slate everywhere
I'm really sorry to hear about this. It's a terrible thing to happen!

It's amazing how big a bang a gas leak can make. The one in Shrewsbury a couple of years ago did a lot of damage and the people involved were lucky to survive. If it hadn't been on a Sunday morning the death toll could have been catastrophic as it was right by one of the busiest junctions in town.
 

2wd

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I only live a mile or so from here :sad:

Been into Shaw this evening and the mood is very subdued

One 2 year old dead :sad:

My sons friend lives on the adjoining street and all his windows and doors are blown out,he was home at the time and luckily was not injured.

Now they're treating the incident as suspicious!
 

ColinJ

Puzzle game procrastinator!
 
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