Glasgow Gang War Bombing??

Agnes Taggart, 48, escaped with minor burns and singed hair. Sources said the heat from the early-hours blast melted the back of her nightgown.Agnes has two children with her former lover Ronnie Daniel, brother of clan godfather Jamie.Ronnie's daughters Lisa, 25, and Jennifer, 20, and Lisa's year-old daughter Amy are regular visitors to the house.And there was speculation in Glasgow's underworld that the blast could be linked to last month's murder of Daniel clan lieutenant Kevin "Gerbil" Carroll.Police said it was too early to tell whether the blast was suspicious. A spokesman said it was being treated as if it was a gas explosion.
Agnes's neighbours in Stronend Street, Maryhill, were woken by the explosion at 1am. The back of the house was torn off and bricks were sent flying across the garden.Neighbour Esther Kerr, 52, said: "There was a bang and glass shattering. I thought a car had crashed into our house."I saw firemen going round Agnes's back garden with torches."Local residents said they could smell gas immediately after the blast, and added that Agnes often went to the back door to smoke.A neighbour said: "She wouldn't smoke in the house because her granddaughter was there a lot."Agnes's brother James, 47, who lives nearby, raced to the scene to help her. But she escaped serious injury and was recovering last night at the home of one of her daughters.
Twenty-five people were evacuated from the street as a precaution and spent the night in an emergency centre. Staff from Scottish Gas and Scottish-Power were called to the scene.
Tensions have been running high on the north Glasgow drug scene since Carroll, 29, was shot five times in the back of the head outside a busy ASDA supermarket in broad daylight on January 13.
Sources said furious Jamie Daniel, 50, blamed the assassination on the rival Lyons gang and demanded revenge.Police yesterday issued a renewed appeal for information on the shooting.
Ronnie Daniel runs a garage in Glasgow's east end.

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