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Father and daughter pulled from rubble after gas explosion

A father and daughter have been pulled from the debris after a suspected gas explosion reduced their home in Shirley, Hampshire to rubble in the early hours of this morning.

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House flattened by gas explosion

The scene of devastation in Southampton Credit: Sam Holder

Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service's Control room received around a dozen calls reporting a loud explosion in Howards Grove, Southampton, shortly after 1.30am.

Crews from St Mary's and Redbridge arrived to find the two-storey, end-of-terrace property completely collapsed.

The father and daughter were taken to hospital as a precaution but are not thought to have been seriously injured.

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