Two rushed to hospital after explosion rips through terraced house

An explosion has demolished a house in Tranmere (Picture: SWNS)

Two people have been injured after an explosion tore through a terraced house on Saturday morning.

They were both rushed to hospital following the blast at a property in Tranmere in the Wirral, Merseyside, shortly after 7.40am.

Pictures from the scene in Holt Road show a gaping hole in the street where the house stood before it was demolished.

Merseyside Fire and Rescue said it arrived at the incident within...