Last minute decision by neighbours near Christchurch explosion meant they `narrowly escaped injury`
(WorldNews New Zealand)

A neighbour living just one door down from Friday`s gas explosion in Christchurch says he and his wife narrowly escaped being injured. Five remain in hospital, one in a critical but stable condition. The blast left five neighbouring homes uninhabitable. RNZ visited the badly-damaged home of Barry Hobson, who left his house along with his wife, just 20 minutes before the explosion. A large concrete roofing tile is lodged at right angles in the lawn at 5 Marble Court. It came from the epicentre of the blast one door down at number 9, one of hundreds of tiles sent high in the air by the explosion before plummeting to...