Search enters third day after deadly Jersey explosion
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The explosion happened at the three-storey Haut du Mont residential block on Saturday at about 04:00 GMT.It is understood there were nine known residents in the block but details on visitors remain unknown. Chief of Police Robin Smith said there had been a "meticulous and painstaking search of the debris following the explosion, to start carefully identifying bodies when and if we find them".
The fire service had attended the flats just after 20:30 on Friday after the smell of gas was reported, it has been confirmed.
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