George Hinds was killed in the explosion in the middle of the night in Heysham. An explosion that killed a two-year-old boy was caused by a gas pipe which had been cut inside a neighbour's home, police say. Toddler George Arthur Hinds was killed in the explosion after the blast in Mallowdale Avenue, Heysham. He was two months short of his third birthday. Four others were hospitalised, including George's parents Vicky Studholme and Stephen Hinds, who have since been discharged. A criminal investigation has now been launched after Lancashire Police detectives, assisted by gas experts, carried o...