Three kills in explosion at flats in Jersey

• Jersey explosion kills 3 and leaves 12 missing.
• Two hospitalised patients were discharged, while a third is being treated.
• The police chief says searches will continue all night.

An explosion at a residential building in St. Helier, Jersey, has resulted in at least three fatalities. After the building collapsed, roughly 12 people are still missing. Two patients who were previously hospitalized have been discharged, while a third is receiving care.

According to Robin Smith, the island’s chief of police, searches will go on all night.

The site at Pier Road, according to him, was “a scene of pure devastation.”

An explosion at a residential building in St. Helier, Jersey, has resulted in at least three fatalities.

After the building collapsed, roughly 12 people are still missing. Two patients who were previously hospitalized have been discharged, while a third is receiving care.

According to Robin Smith, the island’s chief of police, searches will go on all night.

He said the site at Pier Road was a “scene of complete devastation”.

Mr Smith said: “There are a number of working hypotheses” as to what happened but warned people “not to speculate”.

He added: “Thankfully these circumstances are very rare but nevertheless they are of deep concern to communities.”

Paul Brown, Chief Fire Officer, said: “The plan is we will continue searching. Teams will be working all night and they will not stop.”

He added: “The primary challenge is the fact that we have a dangerous structure that has collapsed.

“Anything that we do, or do in the wrong way, may then jeopardies the chance of survival of anyone who might be rescued.”

Witnesses reported feeling the explosion’s force shake the earth.

From his apartment in St. Helier, Daniel Hunt, 19, tweeted images of the fire.

He said: “Everything shook, my windows were shaking, the whole room shook.

“You could feel the shockwave through your bedroom almost.

“In the moment you think, what was that?”

For people who require support in the wake of the disaster, the government has repurposed its Covid helpline.

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