Displaced neighbours speak of anguish after 'disaster zone explosion' at Scots home
dailyrecord.co.ukShocked neighbours have told of their anguish after a house 'explosion' on a Scots street on Saturday afternoon as they described the area as being like a "disaster zone".
Emergency services descended on Broomage Crescent, Larbert, around 1.40pm as heavy black smoke billowed from a residential property following a huge blast.
One man was rushed to Glasgow Royal Infirmary after the incident but his current condition is unknown. There are no other casualties.Residents in the street were quickly evacuated as people were urged to avoid the area for their safety and to give emergency services access to the street.Residents who lived nearby were also urged to keep their windows closed.A major emergency response was sparked by the 'explosion' with the road remaining cordoned off as fire crews, police officers and engineers work to establish the circumstances surrounding the incident.Veronica Penman, 55, lives next door to the affected home and told the Record: “It’s a disaster zone, it’s really really bad.
I’ve not seen anything like it before.“My house has been damaged quite badly, mostly by smoke.“The fire service have been in and assessed it, but they said they’d need to do that again once they’ve made the house that’s exploded safe.“I don’t know when I’ll get back into my house because there could be structural damage.“I’ve been told by the police that it definitely won’t be tonight because the area is still unsafe.“I just hope everyone is okay, it’s a family that live there and they have kids."Another neighbour, who asked not to be named, described the horrific scene and said they almost fainted.They said: “It’s just terrible, that poor family.
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