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Gas blast which left toddler, 2, dead was caused by severed pipe next door, cops say Exclusive Updated: 25 May 2021, 22:41 Invalid Date, A GAS blast which left a toddler dead was caused by a severed pipe in the house next-door, police have said. A gas blast which left a toddler dead was caused by a severed pipe in the house next-door, police have saidCredit: PA George’s parents Stephen, 41, and Vicki, 42, were also injured in the blast that blew apart the adjoining terraced homes. Police have launched a criminal investigation after establishing that the cause of the blast in Heysham, Lancs, in the early hours of Sunday May 16 was a cut gas pipe. ....
BBC News Published image captionGeorge s parents said the two-year-old was so precious to us A house explosion which killed a child and injured four people was not caused by the gas mains, the company responsible for gas distribution said. Two-year-old George Hinds died in the blast on Mallowdale Avenue in Heysham, Lancashire, early on 16 May. Director of Cadent North West, Jenny Moten, said: The gas mains and service pipes are sound and did not contribute to or cause the explosion at Heysham. image captionTwo houses collapsed and a third was seriously damaged in the blast Ms Moten said: Since the incident, our engineers have been on-site working with the emergency services and supporting customers in the area. ....
BBC News Published image captionGeorge Hinds died in the blast An explosion that killed a child was caused by a gas pipe being cut inside a neighbouring house, police said. Four other people were also hurt in the explosion which destroyed two homes and seriously damaged a third. Lancashire Police said it was investigating how and why the pipe became severed and treating it as a criminal investigation. image captionTwo houses collapsed and a third was seriously damaged in the blast Detectives said they had identified, along with gas experts, the cause of the explosion as a cut gas pipe inside a property on Mallowdale Avenue. ....
BBC News Published image captionGeorge s parents said the two-year-old was so precious to us There will be no quick answers in the investigation of a house explosion which killed a child and left four others injured, a fire chief has said. Two-year-old George Hinds died in the blast on Mallowdale Avenue in Heysham, Lancashire, in the early hours of Sunday. Two houses collapsed and a third was seriously damaged. Assistant chief fire officer Ben Norman said investigators were working in the most awful conditions . He said officers were very much moving to slow time, to methodically work through what is a very, very difficult site . ....
MULTIPLE mass vaccination centres across south Essex have now “paused” the rollout of the jab due to a shortage of vaccines. Both the Runnymede Hall vaccine centre in Thundersley and the vaccine hub at the Cliffs Pavilion in Southend will be shut from today. Runnymede Hall will not re-open until May 4 while the Cliffs Pavilion is aiming to re-open for more vaccines on Monday. Bosses at the Essex Partnership University Trust, which is heading the vaccine rollout, confirmed individual sites being put on “pause” is standard procedure depending on the availability of vaccines. Castle Point council leader, Jeffrey Stanley, said he trusts the decision of NHS bosses to temporarily close the Runnymede Hall site with the vaccine rollout proving a success so far. ....