A gran has revealed how she has been left homeless after her property was declared unsafe following a huge gas blast which killed her elderly neighbour. Louby Lane, 60, was sat in her living room when a massive explosion tore through the neighbouring terraced house in Kingstanding, Birmingham last Sunday (26/6).
The force of the blast, which killed grandma Doreen Rees-Bibb, 79, blew out Louby's downstairs windows and forced her and her grandchildren to flee the property. Louby's home of 38 years has now been left on the brink of collapse and is earmarked for demolition after being declared structurally dangerous.
The gran-of-two has only been allowed back to grab a few essentials meaning the majority of her possessions remain inside the abandoned property. She says as a result she has "lost everything" and has been forced to officially register as homeless as the council has yet to find her a suitable replacement.
