1985: 'Gas blast' kills five in Glasgow
A young family of four have been killed in an explosion in a block of flats in Glasgow.
A neighbour also died in the blast which destroyed the building in the King's Park district of the city.
The accident is believed to have been caused by leaking gas and investigators have found a fractured gas main nearby.
The broken pipe is made of cast iron and is similar to the one blamed for the fatal leak in Putney, south London, earlier this year which resulted in the deaths of eight people.
Five people are also in hospital, including one man who was thrown through the upstairs window when the two-storey house blew up. Neighbours began searching the ruins for survivors immediately after the blast - which occurred at 0810 GMT - and they were joined by firemen minutes later.
Resident Norman Rogers was in the building with his wife and son and told reporters he had had a lucky escape.
"The whole house came raining down on top of me and I was trapped under rubble," he said.
Ball of flame
Postman James McMullen was delivering letters to the house next door when the flats exploded.
"The window smashed open and I couldn't really see what it was and then a ball of flame came bursting out," he said.
The government has launched an inquiry to investigate the cause of the tragedy.
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