Lancashire Police said they were called to the scene of the explosion in Heysham at 2.40am on Sunday after reports that “a number” of houses on Mallowdale Avenue had collapsed.
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Lancashire Fire said on Twitter that 10 units were called to the terraced row and firefighters were searching a collapsed property.
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Dan Knowles, who lives four streets away from the explosion, said he thought there had been an earthquake.
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“My wife and I thought there was an earthquake which woke us, the whole house shook,” he told the PA news agency.
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“We immediately checked on our kids and got back in bed. We then heard sirens and my wife checked Facebook, when we found out that there’d been a gas explosion. We stayed indoors and switched everything off at the source and then sat up all night worrying.”
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Local MP David Morris, who represents Morecambe and Lunesdale, wrote on Twitter: “My thoughts and prayers are with all of the families on Mallowdale Avenue following the incident this morning."
