Miracle escape from Lesmahagow gas explosion

THERE was a miracle escape for an elderly couple on Sunday when their Lesmahagow home was ripped apart in a massive gas explosion.
By The Newsroom
Published 29th Mar 2012, 09:00 BST

The survival of 73-year-old Daniel Martin and 72-year-old partner Sheila McDonald amazed fellow villagers, stunned by the violence of the blast in Turfholm that morning.

Their feelings were summed up by Sheila’s sister Moira Ross, who said: “It was such a shock to everyone – but thankfully no-one was hurt.”

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Expecting the worst, emergency crews raced to the scene of the explosion at around 10.20am; mercifully, they found Daniel and Sheila not only alive but virtually unscathed from their ordeal.

Even their pet dogs walked from the tangled wreckage!

For more information on this story, pick up a copy of this week’s Carluke and Lanark Gazette which is out now.