Three people has been confirmed dead on Saturday following an explosion and fire that collapsed a block of flats in Jersey, one of the UK’s self-ruled Crown Dependencies.
Three others have been treated in hospital for apparent minor injuries, and police are continuing to search for around “a dozen” people thought to be missing.
The incident occurred in the early hours of Saturday on Haut du Mont Pier Road, St Helier on the south of the island, which is located in the English Channel near the coast of north-west France.
According to States of Jersey Police, the force received reports of a “large explosion” at around 4 a.m. on Saturday….