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One particular person died Saturday and a number of other are lacking after an explosion and hearth at an condo constructing on the British self-governing island of Jersey.
Chief officer of the States of Jersey Police, Robin Smith, advised a press convention that two folks have been being handled in hospital after the incident within the island’s capital of St Helier, including “round a dozen” residents have been nonetheless lacking.
Native police have been alerted to the incident simply earlier than 4 a.m. native time, Smith stated, including emergency companies then responded to the scene and extinguished the fireplace.
The three-story constructing has “utterly collapsed,” Smith confirmed, describing the scenario as a “devastating scene.”
He stated numerous flats had been evacuated, including that between 20 and 30 folks had been taken to a close-by city corridor for shelter.
A search and rescue operation for these unaccounted for has commenced, Smith added.
Jersey is an island territory off the northwest coast of France, which is a possession of the British Crown, however not a part of the UK itself.