New Mills house explosion: 14 homes remain evacuated as investigations continue on scene
manchestereveningnews.co.ukInvestigations are continuing at the scene of a house explosion in New Mills with 14 homes still evacuated. A huge emergency services response was scrambled to the explosion at a bungalow on Ollersett Avenue in the Derbyshire town, near Stockport, at around 8am yesterday (November 14).
Residents woke to their street 'shaking' as a number of properties on the street were evacuated. A man - believed to be aged in his 70s - was airlifted to hospital.
His current condition has not been revealed at this stage. READ MORE: Casualties treated after major crash shuts M62 for two hours READ MORE: Tram 'stuck for 20 minutes' as driver abandons car before 'five women push it away' Eyewitnesses described how he had been 'dragged' out of the wreckage by neighbours.
In an update issued this morning (Wednesday), a spokesperson for the Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service said an investigation remains underway at the scene, with the cause still being probed.
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