Statement Following Southall Gas Explosion

Published date26 October 2020
Subject MatterLitigation, Mediation & Arbitration, Personal Injury
Law FirmLeigh Day
AuthorLeigh Day

A lawyer who represented people affected by the Buncefield gas explosion in 2005 has issued a statement following the Southall explosion of Wednesday, 21 October.

Two people died and four people are believed to have been injured in the suspected gas explosion at a hair salon and mobile phone shop in King Street, Southall, just after 6.30am, the BBC reported.

The explosion is not being treated as suspicious. It is reported to have caused substantial structural damage.

The Ealing Times reported that Station Commander Paul Morgan, of the London Fire Brigade, said: "Our crews have searched the property using specialist equipment, including the use of a USAR dogs. We can confirm that, sadly, two people have died at the scene.

"It has been a painstaking and protracted incident with firefighters working systematically to stabilise the building and search for people involved."

The crews rescued four adults and a child, reported the BBC.

Jill Paterson, a partner at Leigh Day solicitors, represented clients following the Buncefield gas explosion of 2005. It happened 11 December at a major fuel depot in Hemel Hempstead and was the UK's largest explosion since the Second World War. The blast was heard as far away as the Netherlands and shrouded...

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