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Man pulled alive from wreckage after home destroyed in Birmingham gas explosion

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A man is in a ‘life-threatening’ condition and a house has been destroyed after a gas explosion in Birmingham, it has been reported.

West Midlands Police said they were called just after 8.30pm on Sunday to the incident on Dulwich Road in Kingstanding. One house has been destroyed and several others have been significantly damaged as well as nearby cars, the force said.

West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) said people at the scene rescued a man from the destroyed house but he had “very significant injuries” and was taken to hospital.

Residents described to the PA news agency how they clambered past flaming debris through dust and rubble, shortly after the blast, and pulled an injured man alive from the ruins of the house. Read more: Woman's plea for help after being left with bill for thousands after mum's death One man, who declined to give his name, said: “Everyone was watching, the house was on fire, nobody was going in, so we could see a way in – so we went in the house, me and about a dozen others.

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