Speaking to reporters at the scene, Superintendent Adams said it had been a “truly devastating outcome”
Six people were taken to hospital after the incident on a residential street in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
He said a number of other people had been evacuated from their homes, and an investigation was now under way into the cause of the explosion.He told reporters: “It is with great sadness that I stand in front of you today following the tragic death of a young child. Superintendent Adams added: “Inquiries are still at a very early stage and in the coming hours and days, we will continue to piece together what has happened so we can provide answers to the family as well as the wider community.”
Asked to describe the scene fire crews faced, the senior officer, who worked at the blast location overnight, said: “There were six flats that were badly affected, two of which suffered the main brunt of the explosion.“Our priority was to establish what casualties were involved and what resources we needed to support the incident and bring it to a conclusion.”
He is friends with the grandfather of a couple with two children who live in one of the flats, and said: “They have lost everything.”
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