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Child dead and homes destroyed after suspected gas explosion

A young child has been killed after a suspected gas explosion in Lancashire. It caused two houses to collapse completely, and badly damaged another. Emergency services arrived at the scene in Heysham in the early hours of this morning. As well as the child who died, police say four other people were injured, two seriously.