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Pensioner injured after gas leak explosion causes fire     13/10/14

 

A pensioner has been injured after an explosion in a house in Lewis.

 

A gas leak in a cooker caused the blast and consequently started a fire in the kitchen of the two-storey property in North Bragar.

 

Two fire crews - from Ness and Stornoway- attended the fire after the alarm was raised around 5.50pm on Sunday.

 

Crews used two hose reel jets to extinguish the flames.

 

One elderly male casualty received serious burns to his face, head and hands and was treated at the scene by paramedics.

 

He was then taken by ambulance to hospital for further treatment.