An explosion which claimed the life of one man and put another three people in hospital was so loud that the blast was recorded on a residential security camera two and a half miles away. The huge explosion happened in Clydach Road in the Morriston area of the city at around 11.20am on Monday.
One man died as a result of the incident while two adults and one teenage boy were rescued from the rubble and taken to hospital. One house was totally destroyed and another sustained substantial damage. Other nearby properties were also damaged, with residents were forced to evacuate the area as the emergency services started an investigation into the cause of the blast and specialists began a huge clean-up operation.
Footage from a security camera captured the scale of the explosion with a loud bang being clearly heard even though it was recorded more than two miles away from Clydach Road. In the footage the tranquil chirping of the birds on the quiet street is dramatically pierced by the thunderous sound of the explosion.
