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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."

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

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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.

A man has been killed in house gas explosion

A man was killed in a gas explosion which destroyed a terraced house, and one person is still missing, Nottinghamshire Police said.

Detectives confirmed a body has been recovered from the scene of a gas explosion in Newark.

More than 100 people were evacuated from their nearby homes as a precaution and a rest centre has been set up at the nearby Grove Leisure Centre.

Two children and a woman were taken to Nottingham’s Queen’s Medical Centre for treatment to smoke inhalation and have since been discharged.A man also sustained serious injuries and smoke inhalation and remains in hospital.

Emergency services attend to scene of Newark blast

Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service said appliances from Tuxford, Newark, Southwell and Collingham attended a suspected gas blast that ripped through a house in the area.

Fire and Rescue services attend to scene of Newark suspected gas blast. Credit: ITV News
The gas blast is thought to have left the house 'in pieces'. Credit: ITV News

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Eyewitness 'drags man out' from gas blast rubble

A local resident has told reporters that he and four other people helped to drag a man out of a wrecked property, after a suspected gas blast ripped through a house in Newark in Nottinghamshire.

Audie Cashie, who was informed that man's father was in the cellar of the house, said he was then ordered to leave the area by fire crews.

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.

Five injured after gas explosion at house

Five people have been taken to hospital following a gas explosion at a house in Newark, Nottinghamshire.

Police said more than 100 people have been evacuated from their homes nearby as a precaution.

"Searches of the property are ongoing to establish if other people are still inside", a Nottinghamshire Police spokesperson said.

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