Merseyside Police Look Into Cause Of Blast Which Injured 34

Legal experts at national law firm, Irwin Mitchell, have called for a thorough investigation into a gas explosion in the Wirral which flatted buildings and left 34 people injured.

Merseyside police are now looking into what caused the huge explosion, which occurred on Saturday night at 9:15pm at Boundary Road, and haven’t ruled out that it could be a potential crime.

Residents complained they could smell gas before the blast in Port Sunlight obliterated a local dance school and caused several buildings to collapse, hurling bricks to a car park 150 metres away.

Two people were seriously injured and 32 others were also taken to hospital.

On Sunday night detectives declared the site of the blast a “scene of crime” and said they were investigating the cause.

National Grid said it would continue to look into the cause of the blast on Monday after checks found no faults.

Merseyside police said: “We have checked the local gas pipe network in the area and no faults have been found.”

The gas supply to up to 30 properties had been isolated as a safety precaution due to the damage to these properties, police added.

Serious injury expert Jonathan Betts, a Partner at the firm which is currently instructed on the Didcot power station and Bosley Mill cases, said it was paramount that the cause of the explosion was identified.

Jonathan’s team also acted for those who were affected by a gas explosion in Irlam, Salford in 2010, which destroyed three homes and damaged 200 others.