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A young child has been killed in a “devastating” explosion which caused at least two houses to collapse and damaged several others. Residents described the noise of the blast as “like a bomb going off” with debris that covered nearby streets and fields. Lancashire Police said they were called to the scene of the explosion in Heysham at 2.40am on Sunday after reports that “a number” of houses on Mallowdale Avenue had collapsed. The force later confirmed the death of a child and said four people had been injured, two seriously. (PA Graphics) It is suspected the damage was caused by ...

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...

George Arthur Hinds was aged two years and 10 months.

George Arthur Hinds was aged two years and 10 months.

A young child has been killed in a “devastating” explosion which caused at least two houses to collapse and damaged several others. Residents in Heysham, Lancashire, described the noise of the blast as “like a bomb going off” with debris that covered nearby streets and fields. Young child killed in ‘devastating’ explosion which destroyed houses Lancashire Police said they were called to the scene of the explosion at 2.40am on Sunday after reports that “a number” of houses on Mallowdale Avenue had collapsed. The force later confirmed the death of a child and said four people ha...