Residents of a street in south London are being allowed to return home four days after a gas explosion that killed a four-year-old girl.
Sahara Salman died when her house in Galpin’s Road, Thornton Heath, collapsed after the explosion, which occurred at 7 a.m. on Aug. 8.
Her mother, Sana Ahmad, has accused utility firm SGN of “negligence” for allegedly failing to respond to months of complaints by residents about the lingering smell of gas.
An 11-year-old boy and a woman, aged 54, were both seriously injured in the explosion, and dozens more suffered from shock.
Eighty houses were cordoned off since the incident and families evacuated but some residents were finally allowed back on Friday afternoon after 30 houses were declared “gas safe.”…