A dad was smoking a cigarette on his balcony when he was thrown into the air by the force of an explosion.
Adam Walker, 32, heard the sound of a loud bang followed by his three-year-old son Jaxon screaming as the explosion tore through a block of flats on Tanfields in Skelmserdale on May 17. Police said five people managed to get out of the building before emergency services arrived, and thankfully none of them were seriously injured.
A man later attended Ormskirk Hospital with burn injuries which are not life-threatening. Adam, his partner Sophie Croft, 26, and their son Jaxon were among the families forced to evacuate their homes following the explosion.
