It started off as a normal Monday morning. The weekend had come and gone, and people were getting back to their work, the kids were back in school, and everyone else was going about their weekly routines.
But something was about to happen in Morriston that was to shake its foundations and make Monday, March 13 a day that will never be forgotten in the area. A huge explosion stopped everyone in their tracks at around 11.20am. The blast was so fierce that people living nine miles away reported hearing a loud explosion and shoppers in a nearby Lidl said that the whole building shook.
The source of the explosion was at a home on the junction of Clydach Road and Field Close in Morriston. Its impact was so fierce that it completely decimated the home, largely reducing it to a pile of rubble. Neighbouring properties were also damaged as tiles rained down in gardens and bits of pipe smashed windows.
