Overview

• The 13 March 2023 explosion destroyed a one-bedroom rented terrace on Clydach Road in Morriston and killed 68-year-old Brian Lyn Davies.
• Neighbor Claire Bennett testified she smelled gas strongly near her rear lane for about two weeks before the blast and thought it was linked to nearby maintenance work.
• CCTV played in court captured the moment a postman’s van was enveloped in debris, and the postman said he had not noticed any gas smell that morning.
• Bennett described being rescued from the wreckage, spending a week in hospital, and ongoing PTSD affecting her and her son.
• Wales & West Utilities and the Health and Safety Executive are attending the inquest, and the property was managed by an agency that last inspected it in October 2022 with a planned January 2023 visit not carried out.