Jersey explosion death toll rises to eighton December 14, 2022 at 11:47 am

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Jersey police confirm one further death, taking the total to eight with at least one person missing.

Pier Road siteImage source, Government of Jersey

An eighth person has been confirmed dead following an explosion at a block of flats in Jersey, police said.

Officers believe there is still one resident unaccounted for from the blast on Saturday morning.

The fatalities have not yet been formally identified but the names of nine people have been released.

The police said the families of those involved have been kept informed of developments.

Search and recovery teams are continuing to work at the site of the Haut du Mont residential block on Pier Road in St Helier.

The three-storey building collapsed on Saturday at about 04:00 GMT.

Site of explosion

Police released the following names: Ken Ralph, 72, Jane Ralph, 71, Peter Bowler, 72, Raymond Brown, 71, Romeu de Almeida, 67, Louise de Almeida, 64, Derek Ellis, 61, Sylvia Ellis, 73, and Billy Marsden, 63.

They said the Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) process must be “carefully considered and managed in a dignified and compassionate way” before formal identification can happen.

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