Lancashire Gas explosion : One young child died

[arista]

[A young child has been killed and four adults have been injured,
two of them seriously,
after a suspected gas explosion
in Heysham, Lancashire Police said.]

https://news.sky.com/story/major-incident-declared-after-suspected-gas-explosion-in-lancashire-12307699


https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/05/16/08/43044223-9583883-A_major_incident_has_been_declared_after_a_suspect ed_gas_explosi-a-36_1621151063979.jpg
Last Night

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9583883/Major-incident-declared-huge-gas-explosion-destroys-three-homes-Lancashire.html


3 Homes
could be one dodgy boiler

[Strictly Jake]

Yep happened not too far from me. It shook the house. Sounded like a massive firework. So sad about the little boy

[Cherie]

How awful, hard to believe some got out alive

[Strictly Jake]

My son's nursery teacher lives just behind the house thankfully she is ok

[Strictly Jake]

How awful, hard to believe some got out alive

What's sad though is his parents are badly injured so may not even have found out yet about their son

[Kazanne]

Its amazing the damage gas explosions can do,so sorry for the little boy and awful for everyone who was injured, Im always a bit scared of anything gas,

[arista]

Its amazing the damage gas explosions can do,so sorry for the little boy and awful for everyone who was injured, Im always a bit scared of anything gas,


Lets hope they tell us later what cased this
it was 2 in the morning.

[arista]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/05/16/09/43045447-9583883-image-a-42_1621155146496.jpg

[rusticgal]

How tragic....that looks like a HUGE explosion.

[AnnieK]

Awful. Poor families. Its amazing anyone got out alive

[GoldHeart]

The entire house blown away , scary and devastating especially about the boy. Was it a gas fault or something, it's crazy to think this can happen.

[Strictly Jake]

Locally here there are go fund pages set up food and clothes banks etc for them that I've donated to. Hopefully we can all help them as a community it's so devastating to lose a child and then your whole livelihood

[Nicky91]

[A young child has been killed and four adults have been injured,
two of them seriously,
after a suspected gas explosion
in Heysham, Lancashire Police said.]

https://news.sky.com/story/major-incident-declared-after-suspected-gas-explosion-in-lancashire-12307699


https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/05/16/08/43044223-9583883-A_major_incident_has_been_declared_after_a_suspect ed_gas_explosi-a-36_1621151063979.jpg
Last Night

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9583883/Major-incident-declared-huge-gas-explosion-destroys-three-homes-Lancashire.html


3 Homes
could be one dodgy boiler

so far for social distancing between those firemen there in the picture :facepalm:

oh wait, they probably are above us all since they are key workers

[arista]

so far for social distancing between those firemen there in the picture :facepalm:

oh wait, they probably are above us all since they are key workers

They have masks on,
doing a very hard job.


https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/05/16/11/43047279-9583883-image-a-62_1621160234658.jpg

[AnnieK]

so far for social distancing between those firemen there in the picture :facepalm:

oh wait, they probably are above us all since they are key workers

They are trying to ensure there are no more victims Nicky and risking their own lives just going to the rubble, I'm sure they don't think they are above anyone. They are trying to protect lives.

[Nicky91]

They have masks on,
doing a very hard job.


https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/05/16/11/43047279-9583883-image-a-62_1621160234658.jpg

oh ok, and also properly wearing those masks either, good on them

[AnnieK]

If it were my house that had blown up and they were there to help, I wouldn't care if they were maskless and licking my face, let alone if they were 2 metres apart

[Nicky91]

If it were my house that had blown up and they were there to help, I wouldn't care if they were maskless and licking my face, let alone if they were 2 metres apart

fair points Annie, cannot argue against that

it is just i go immediately thinking of that nowadays, better safe than sorry, is how the saying goes

[GoldHeart]

Atleast they're wearing masks :shrug:, they're there to help.

[AnnieK]

fair points Annie, cannot argue against that

it is just i go immediately thinking of that nowadays, better safe than sorry, is how the saying goes

Oh I totally agree Nicky, in normal situations, it drives me mad to see people not social distancing but for something like this, I think its totally different.

[Ammi]

…overwhelmingly devastating…I hope that the neighbours also all get huge emotional support …the poor little guy was George Arthur Hinds…there is a pic in the link but I won’t post it….

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-57132505

[arista]

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/B772/production/_118526964_hurleyflyerpubdonations.jpg
[Helpers are sorting through donations at the Hurley Flyer pub]

[Strictly Jake]

There was a 2 minute silence here at 7pm.

Hugged my kids goodnight tighter tonight

[Cherie]

The gas pipe had been cut inside the house next door

[arista]

The gas pipe had been cut inside the house next door

That's Terrible

[AnnieK]

So sad.