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A major incident has been declared after a suspected gas explosion which reportedly destroyed up to three terraced houses in Heysham, Lancashire. Lancashire Police said they had been called at 2.40am to the scene of the explosion after reports “a number” of houses on Mallowdale Avenue had collapsed. In a statement, the force said: “We are currently at the scene of a suspected gas explosion on Mallowdale Avenue, Heysham. “We were called at 2.40am… to reports that a number of houses on the road had collapsed. https://twitter.com/LancsPolice/status/1393776167170289664 “Our officers a...

A young child killed in a suspected gas explosion has been described as a “beautiful little angel” by his parents. George Arthur Hinds, aged two years and 10 months, died while two other people are in a critical condition in hospital following the incident on Mallowdale Avenue in Heysham, on Sunday morning. Lancashire Police said they were called to the scene of the blast at about 2.40am and found two houses collapsed with serious damage to a third property. George’s parents Vicky Studholme and Stephen Hinds were also injured but not seriously, police said. In a tribute to their son, th...

Residents described the noise of the blast as ‘like a bomb going off’ with debris that covered nearby streets and fields.

Residents described the noise of the blast as ‘like a bomb going off’ with debris that covered nearby streets and fields.

Advertisement A child has died and four people have been injured after a suspected gas explosion in Lancashire last night completely destroyed two terraced houses and badly damaged a third.   Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service said 10 units were called to a row of homes on Mallowdale Avenue in Heysham at around 2.30am on Sunday and that a major incident has been declared. Firefighters are searching the collapsed property while police said a safety cordon had been put in place and nearby residents have been evacuated in the town some 25 miles north-east of Blackpool.  Several residents had...