At least three people are dead and a dozen are missing after a shocking explosion in a residential building in the capital of Jersey, as reported this Saturday by the head of government of the British island located in the English Channel.
Kristina Moore announced this toll on Saturday night, updating a precedent from a single deceased. Also, two people were hospitalized and about thirty evacuated from the area.
“A big explosion” occurred around four in the morning in a residential building in Saint Helier, in the south of this island located off the Normandy coast of Francesaid local police chief Robin Smith.
Due to the detonation, the hypothetical cause of which would be a gas leak”,a three-story building collapsed completelyadded Smith, conjuring “a rather terrifying sight”.
He also indicated that the death toll could rise given the still missing people that emergency services will continue to search for during the night.
The police chief explained that before the explosion, the inhabitants of the building had called the police, complaining of the smell of gas.
The fire caused by the explosion has been brought under control, but Jersey Prime Minister Kristina Moore has indicated that the cleaning the place could take “several days”.
The blast was so strong that British Geological Survey monitors picked it up.
The island experienced yet another drama this week with the disappearance of three shipwrecked sailors, whose search ended unsuccessfully on Friday.
With information from agencies
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Source: Clarin
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