A NINTH body has been pulled from the rubble after a suspected gas blast destroyed a block of flats in Jersey. Jersey Police made the discovery today following the explosion five days ago. All resi…
"The thoughts of all of us at States of Jersey Police are with everyone affected, in particular those who lost loved ones in what has been a tragic incident for our Island and our community.have been named as Peter Bowler, 72, Raymond Brown, 71, Romeu and Louise De Almeida, 67 and 64, Derek and Sylvia Ellis, 61 and 73, and 63-year-old Billy Marsden.Mr Smith said on Sunday a gas leak was the "likely" cause of the blast.
However, Jo Cox, chief officer at Island Energy, said the flats affected were not connected to the gas network.It comes after it emerged crews were called out to the flat just hours before the explosion. Paul Brown, head of Jersey Fire and Rescue Service, said: "It's inappropriate for me to talk about anything else on Friday evening because the most appropriate place to do that is through the investigative process, because the only important thing here is the families.
"Ordinarily we would investigate, we investigate hundreds of fires every year, but on this occasion we will commission independent investigators. "I think it's important that everybody is absolutely assured about the openness and transparency and the relentless drive for the truth through facts, and that's why I'm determined that there should be an independent view of the cause of the fire and explosion.
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