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Tuesday, December 1, 1998 Published at 11:48 GMT
UK
Explosion rocks Lockerbie
The town is preparing to mark the 10th year since the crash
A suspected gas explosion has ripped through a house in Lockerbie - site of the 1988 air disaster.
One man was severely burned and 30 people were evacuated from their homes when the explosion happened in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
The blast badly damaged the house, where neighbours found the injured man.
He was taken to Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary.
Experts are now investigating the incident, which happened in the town's Park Place. It is thought a build up of gas could have been behind the blast.
The area was classed as one of the Lockerbie disaster zones after the crash in which a terrorist bomb brought down Pan Am flight 103.
All 259 passengers and 11 residents of the town were killed.
The town is preparing to mark the 10th anniversary of the airline disaster on 21 December.
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