Karina Caetano is worried her neighbour may have died in a gas explosion which tore apart their complex
A hero survivor of the shocking gas explosion which happened on Monday fears her neighbour may be dead after she broke into her flat and saved her dog. Karina Caetano rescued the Chihuahua after hearing a huge explosion above her two-bedroom apartment yesterday morning.
Mrs Caetano said she could only see into the room on her left – a bedroom where her neighbour kept her dog Dasha. “I saw her Chihuahua was in his crate so I grabbed him and ran out,” she added. She thinks the majority of her belongings were destroyed in the explosion, although she managed to grab her holiday bag - which contained her passport, wallet and a few other things - before fleeing.
Her husband, Adelson Junior, 30, who works in construction, was away at work when the explosion took place. The couple, both from Brazil, had spent a small fortune furnishing the rental flat, which was their first proper home together after living in rooms in London. “I went to our bedroom window facing the explosion and saw a huge amount of smoke. I shouted to my partner to get out of the flat. I was banging on neighbours’ doors shouting ‘get out’ as I ran out.
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