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Cathy Owen

Dad of teenager pulled from rubble of explosion speaks for first time

The father of a 14-year-old boy who was pulled from the rubble of their house after an explosion in Swansea has spoken for the first time. Ethan Bennett and his mum Claire were at home when the blast happened near their Morriston home.

The teenager was in the attic room and had to be pulled from what had been the roof of the building by a neighbour in the aftermath of the blast at 11.20am on Monday. Follow our live updates from the scene here. His dad Anthony said that his son was very shaken up but "alive" as he returned to the scene on Tuesday morning.

Anthony was speaking near the scene (BBC Wales)
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