5 TEENS HURT IN GAS BLAST.Byline: By IAN GRAHAM Ian Graham (born January 5, 1943) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the VFL during the 1960's. His best season came in 1964 when he won the Copeland Trophy for Collingwood's Best and Fairest player. FIVE teenagers were hurt yesterday when a gas cylinder gas cylinder n → bombona de gas gas cylinder gas n → bouteille f de gaz gas cylinder gas n → exploded and demolished the house they were in. The three girls and two boys were all taken to hospital where two of the girls were said to have suffered severe disfiguring burns to their faces. Their conditions were said to be stable and not life threatening. None of the other youngsters were seriously injured. A police spokesman said the explosion in Belfast was believed to have been caused by the gas cylinder being handled by one of the injured teenagers. The blast ripped through the two-up and two-down house, which was up for sale, at around 3pm. Residents looked on in horror as the gable house in Tildarg Street off the Woodstock Road For the road in Belfast, see . Woodstock Road is a major road in Oxford, England, running from St Giles' to the south, north towards Woodstock through the leafy suburb of North Oxford and Summertown. in the east of the city collapsed after the gas ignited. More than 150 residents of neighbouring houses rushed from their homes as they were evacuated by emergency services emergency services Emergency care '…services …necessary to prevent death or serious impairment of health and, because of the danger to life or health, require the use of the most accessible hospital available and equipped to furnish those services' who feared the detonation could cause more damage and injury. Such was the extent of the blast the Woodstock Road between Hillsborough Drive and Ogilvie Street was closed to traffic for several hours following the explosion. Around 40 firefighters and a specialist search team were sent to the scene to mount a rescue operation. Alan Fulford of the Fire and Rescue Service said: "I can confirm it was a gas explosion and that the house was demolished." Police said there were reports of at least one other casualty having been taken to hospital by a passing motorist. CAPTION(S): WRECK: House damage; RESCUE: Fire crew yesterday |
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