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Gas and electricity restored after blast
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| Stanley Road, in South Harrow has been cordoned off since the explosion on Wednesday night. |
A NUMBER of houses in an area of South Harrow hit by an explosion are having gas and electricity restored so residents can move back in.
Some of more than 80 buildings within the police cordon are likely to be given back to occupants after the blast destroyed three houses in Stanley Road, on Wednesday evening.
Fergus Shepherd, a spokesman for Harrow Council, said a small number of buildings which were more seriously damaged, possibly around a dozen, will need to be boarded up while safety checks are made.
He said, as a result, it will be longer before their occupants can return home.
He said: "The council cared for 38 people last night. Now the hope is to get some of them back into houses tonight and that process will go on into tomorrow."
Remaining residents are preparing to spend a fourth night away from home and the council has said it will continue to provide accommodation in nearby hotels to evacuees from the blast, if they want to take it.
Police are treating the explosion as suspicious and their investigation is focussing on a mysterious purple liquid, which was poured through the letterbox of number 21 around 10 to 12 hours earlier.
Witnesses say the substance smelt of rotten eggs.
A small group of around two or three girls were reported to police outside the house by a 17-year-old girl, named locally as Charlotte Anderson.
She was injured during the explosion and taken to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, with serious burns, but is now conscious and has been interviewed by police.
Anyone with information can contact the Met's incident room on 0208 247 7911, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
3:04pm Saturday 10th May 2008
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CommentPosted by: Howard Johnson, Kenton West on 9:17am Sun 11 May 08
Excuse me, but "bordered up" ???
The literacy levels in this newspaper are a joke.
PS Hasn't anyone googled the rotten eggs smell chemical yet? Hydrogen Sulphide springs to mind, but that would have asphyxiated the occupants before they were blown up.
All in all, something odd's gone on here.
What was a 17 year old girl doing living on her own in a flat anyway? Must have just left care or something.
Excuse me, but "bordered up" ???
The literacy levels in this newspaper are a joke.
PS Hasn't anyone googled the rotten eggs smell chemical yet? Hydrogen Sulphide springs to mind, but that would have asphyxiated the occupants before they were blown up.
All in all, something odd's gone on here.
What was a 17 year old girl doing living on her own in a flat anyway? Must have just left care or something.
Posted by: Howard, Kenton West on 3:02pm Sun 11 May 08
At least you've corrected it now.
At least you've corrected it now.
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