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Shaw – one month on

A massive gas explosion ripped through Shaw,killing a toddler.Jim McMahon describes how the town has been dealt with the tragedy.

On 26 June, a huge gas explosion tore through the heart of northern town, Shaw.

The blast killed Jamie Heaton, a two-year-old boy watching TV while his mother hung out washing in the family's back yard. In an instant, four homes were flattened, several others irreparably damaged, 175 properties evacuated – and dozens of lives changed forever.

Jim McMahon

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