Birmingham: Man suffers ‘life-threatening’ injuries after house destroyed in suspected gas explosion
Sky News says RESIDENTS have described how they clambered past flaming debris and rubble to pull an injured man alive from the ruins of a house in Birmingham after a suspected gas blast.
The man suffered “very significant injuries” and is in a “life-threatening condition” following the explosion in the Kingstanding area of the city, West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMFS) said.
A mid-terraced house was destroyed and several others were significantly damaged as well as nearby cars after the blast at around 8.30pm last night.
One man, who declined to give his name, told the PA news agency: “Everyone was watching, the house was on fire, nobody was going in, so we could see a way in – so we went in the house, me and about a dozen others.
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