Merthyr house explosion survivors describe their experience

A man who was involved in a gas explosion has said the first thing he heard after it was his girlfriend screaming.

Hollie Lawrence, 19, and Luke Cresswell, 20, were both severely burned in the blast in Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil on 1 February.

"We were just chilling in the kitchen... I looked at Luke and he just went up in flames and I started screaming," said Hollie.

Luke said: "I rushed us both out of the house... I just wouldn't leave the house without [Hollie], I couldn't leave here there."