A dad was thrown off his chair by an explosion that tore through a block of flats as he smoked a cigarette on his balcony. Adam Walker managed to escape with his partner and son when the blast hit his home Skelmersdale last month.
Five people managed to escape the building before the emergency services arrived, and one man attended hospital with non life-threatening burns. Adam, his partner Sophie Croft, 26, and their son Jaxon were among the families forced to evacuate their homes following the explosion.
The 32-year-old told the Liverpool Echo: "I was sat on the balcony when it happened, it threw me off my chair and I ran in grabbed Sophie, grabbed the baby and ran out. I can't explain what the feeling was. I was just sat there having a ciggy - it just went bang. The baby was in the living room, he was asleep - he woke up screaming."
