A dad jumped from his burning home with his teenage son and then launched a frantic search for his wife following a huge explosion, say neighbours.
Mechanic Liam McLaughlin, 63, wife Gwen, 63, their son Jack and the young man's girlfriend all miraculously survived the blast that completely destroyed the family's home in Illingworth, West Yorkshire.
Witnesses said Jack frantically began shouting "where's mum?" after he and his father, who was seriously injured, leaped through the flames from a staircase after the walls were blown out on Saturday morning.
Gwen, who suffered severe burns, soon emerged. Locals said they saw a third person run out and a man carry an elderly woman out of the inferno on his shoulder.
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