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Neighbour felt 'sheer terror' hearing gas explosion

Neighbour Simon Hunter told ITV's Daybreak that he felt "sheer terror" when a gas explosion destroyed a house in Newark, Nottinghamshire.

He said: "There was a massive explosion, the house shook. I looked at my wife and it was just sheer terror, we just didn't know what was going on. My initial reaction was that, we've got a train line behind the property, a train had de-railed."

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Search for survivor suspended at gas blast house

The search for a man trapped in rubble has been suspended while the terraced house that was demolished in a suspected gas explosion is made safe.

Fire crews found another man's body at around 5.15pm during a search of the collapsed house on Sunday in Wright Street, Newark, in Nottinghamshire.

Fire crews have suspended the search while the building is made safe. Credit: ITV News

A number of roads were closed off in the immediate vicinity and diversions were in place.

Roads were closed off around the explosion. Credit: ITV News
Fire crews found another man's body during search of the collapsed house. Credit: ITV News

Read: Man killed in house gas blast

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Plans to charge for garden waste considered in Lincoln

Plans to charge residents in Lincoln for having their garden waste collected by the council will be discussed today.

Householders would pay £25 a year if they chose to use the service. The council is looking to makes savings of around £3million.

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Detectives confirm body found in blast wreckage

Fire crews found the man's body during an ongoing search of the rubble after the house collapsed, just before 5.15pm on Sunday at an address in Wright Street.

Searches have been suspended while the property is made safe, however they will continue later to find another person, who is believed to still be in the house.

A number of roads are closed off in the immediate vicinity and diversions are in place.

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Resident says Newark house 'in pieces' after gas blast

Children could be heard screaming in the moments after a blast, a local resident has said after a suspected gas explosion ripped through a house in Newark in Nottinghamshire.

Dan Walker, who lives around 100 yards from the house told Sky News:

I was in the back garden just doing some gardening and there was an almighty bang, and the floor shook.

It sounded like a bomb had gone off down the road. All you could hear was kids screaming so I ran out to the front garden to see what was going on.

I went down the street and I could see the house - it was in pieces.

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Scene of gas explosion at house in Newark

One person has been rescued after a gas explosion ripped through a house in Newark, Nottinghamshire.

The site of the explosion in Newark, Nottinghamshire.
The site of the explosion in Newark, Nottinghamshire. Credit: Twitter/@KevinNaylor

Nottinghamshire Police said up to four people were thought to have sustained injuries in the blast at a property.

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