A man who risked his life to rescue children after a fatal gas explosion in south London last summer is still living in a hotel six months on from the blast.
Sahara Salman's family are also currently having to live with relatives.
Merton Council said it was "working closely with every family to help them into long-term accommodation" and it expected 12 of the 29 households that are in temporary accommodation would return to their homes by the end of the month. "The remaining properties are undertaking significant rebuilding work, and three houses were totally destroyed," the council said.
It added the main reasons for the delay were the scale of the explosion and the fact a cordon had remained in place around 48 houses until the end of October, which delayed insurance loss adjusters and surveyors getting on site.Mr Simms added not knowing "who was to blame for the blast" was holding up work on damaged properties like his own because insurers were "not willing to throw money at anything".
"They wanted us to go back into our property, believe it or not, and do the work around us, but our house, after the blast is not habitable," he said.Det Ch Insp Katherine Goodwin described it as "an extremely complex investigation", but "we are committed to providing answers to the people of Galpin's Road as expeditiously as we can".
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