A SHOPKEEPER cheated death when a scrapyard explosion sent a gas bottle flying 200ft into the front of his shop.
Riaz Hussain was inside his off-licence in Parkinson Street, Mill Hill, Blackburn, when the bottle flew across the street, missing him by inches. "I was incredibly lucky it didn't land on me," he said.
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