A powerful explosion at a house in Leeds on New Year's Day has left a 57-year-old man fighting for his life. Emergency services rushed to the scene in Yeadon, finding debris scattered across the street and witnesses reporting a loud blast.
A man is fighting for his life after an explosion at a house in Leeds on New Year's Day. Police, paramedics and fire crews rushed to the explosion at a house in Yeadon just after 10.30pm on Wednesday. The 57-year-old was found in the wake of the blast on Marshall Street by emergency crews who rushed to the scene. He was sent to hospital for treatment on injuries which are said to be serious.
A large number of emergency services were still at the Yeadon cul-de-sac after midnight as debris could be seen scattered across the street. Local resident Kim Swales called emergency services after her nearby home was shaken by the blast, which she said was '1,000 times louder' than the fireworks launched earlier that day to celebrate the New Year. She said: 'It sounded like a sonic boom... my house shook, all the windows, doors, everything - it just shook. 'My (15-year-old) daughter, she's autistic and blind, she came running down crying: 'What was that noise?' I got outside and straight away I could smell gas.' She walked towards the home where she could see smoke rising and said there was 'glass all over the street'. The 52-year-old Hayes Travel agent said the windows of the home and those adjacent to it had all been 'blown out', and some of the walls between the homes had collapsed. Ms Swales welcomed a lady in her eighties from the house next door to the explosion into her home as emergency services were sent to the scene. 'She's 85 this year, this lady, so it's a bit traumatic for her,' Ms Swales said of the neighbour. 'She said she doesn't even remember hearing the bang - all she remembers was just the walls coming in and the dust. 'We're just a street away, house is warm and kettle were there - what more could you do? I sent the lady on with pyjamas and a dressing gown
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