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15 hurt but no fatalities in gas explosion

A man who survived an explosion that destroyed four houses and injured 15 people has relived the horror of seeing his children trapped in the rubble.

Leon Barker was getting ready for work when a suspected gas blast in his next-door neighbour’s kitchen ripped through the home he shares with his wife Sarah and children Joshua, 11, Taylor, eight, and Ellis, three.