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It's emerged National Grid were called out to the scene | :00:09. | :00:13. | |
of Wirral's suspected gas explosion the day before the blast. | :00:14. | :00:16. | |
Although no trace of gas was found by its engineers, | :00:17. | :00:19. | |
they say they'd received several other reports of a gas smell from | :00:20. | :00:22. | |
Two people are seriously ill in hospital tonight and more | :00:23. | :00:28. | |
The site of a dance school in New Ferry, now a scene of devastation. | :00:29. | :00:43. | |
At quarter past nine last night, an explosion destroyed the building, | :00:44. | :00:47. | |
causing several others nearby to collapse. Thankfully, there was no | :00:48. | :00:50. | |
one inside of the dance school at the time but a Chinese restaurant | :00:51. | :00:54. | |
across the road was packed with customers. Next minute, pitch black, | :00:55. | :01:00. | |
boom. All of the lights were out and debris everywhere, people went under | :01:01. | :01:04. | |
the tables, screaming and shouting. It was horrendous, hysterical. The | :01:05. | :01:12. | |
ceiling caved in, Walls came down. Everyone was screaming. Windows | :01:13. | :01:19. | |
shattered everywhere. The police arrived. We tried to push people | :01:20. | :01:26. | |
away. You can get a sense of how awful the blast was when you see the | :01:27. | :01:30. | |
red bricks that rained down on the car park more than 150 metres away | :01:31. | :01:34. | |
from the scene. Over 30 people were injured and to | :01:35. | :01:39. | |
remain in a serious condition in hospital. 50 properties were | :01:40. | :01:42. | |
evacuated and many people came to this church which opened their | :01:43. | :01:46. | |
doors. Theoretically it is the hub for the whole operation, the medical | :01:47. | :01:51. | |
teams and police, and for the wider community to meet. So we were | :01:52. | :01:55. | |
putting on coffee and tea or leaving for them. Paramedics were using this | :01:56. | :02:00. | |
room as a triage centre, where they were bandaging people who were sick. | :02:01. | :02:06. | |
A number of people in the area reported smelling gas in recent | :02:07. | :02:09. | |
days, and the National Grid said it responded to calls on Friday night | :02:10. | :02:14. | |
but found no evidence of a leak. In a statement, Merseyside Police | :02:15. | :02:17. | |
say an investigation into the cause of the blast is underway. | :02:18. | :02:20. | |
Just before we went on air - we had this latest update | :02:21. | :02:23. | |
Police are doing an investigation, we need to let that run its course | :02:24. | :02:32. | |
but the council are working with other agencies to do everything we | :02:33. | :02:36. | |
can to help those who have been evacuated. We arranged overnight | :02:37. | :02:40. | |
accommodation and have given them food and support, at local church | :02:41. | :02:46. | |
centres today. We are doing all we can to make sure people are looked | :02:47. | :02:51. | |
after, especially those who have been evacuated from their own | :02:52. | :02:55. | |
houses. A lot of people, we can see some here, wanting to go and get | :02:56. | :02:59. | |
things, is there an indication of when this area will return to | :03:00. | :03:04. | |
normal? We need to let the police investigate and the investigation | :03:05. | :03:07. | |
will be done as quickly as possible will be done as quickly as possible | :03:08. | :03:10. | |
but we need to reassure people in the meantime if they need help, they | :03:11. | :03:16. | |
should phone 101, the police line which has been set up, and if they | :03:17. | :03:22. | |
have queries, call that number and in the meantime, the council, with | :03:23. | :03:27. | |
other agencies, they will give every possible support to residents and | :03:28. | :03:30. | |
people who have been affected. Finally, I am blown away by the | :03:31. | :03:36. | |
community spirit, people have pulled together in New Ferry, it is a great | :03:37. | :03:38. | |
tribute to the local area. The family of a four-year-old girl | :03:39. | :03:40. | |
who died following a hit and run Violet Grace Youens died last | :03:41. | :03:44. | |
night after being struck by a black Ford Fiesta | :03:45. | :03:47. | |
on Prescot Road on Friday. Violet's family say they've | :03:48. | :03:52. | |
donated some of her organs following her death to give other | :03:53. | :03:54. | |
children "a chance to lead Detectives have released CCTV images | :03:55. | :03:56. | |
of two males they want to trace. A woman has died and four | :03:57. | :04:02. | |
others were rescued Firefighters were called out | :04:03. | :04:05. | |
to the blaze on Stramongate Two people were taken to hospital, | :04:06. | :04:08. | |
but a 67-year-old woman later Detectives have arrested | :04:09. | :04:12. | |
a 38-year-old man in connection with the incident and are | :04:13. | :04:16. | |
appealing for witnesses. Sport now and Manchester boxer | :04:17. | :04:18. | |
Anthony Crolla has failed to regain the WBA lightweight title | :04:19. | :04:21. | |
against Jorge Linares of Venezuela. Once again, Crolla lost | :04:22. | :04:23. | |
on a unanimous points decision in front of 15,000 fans | :04:24. | :04:25. | |
at the Manchester Arena. Surgery on Everton defender | :04:26. | :04:33. | |
Seamus Coleman's broken right He suffered a double | :04:34. | :04:35. | |
break following a tackle during the Republic | :04:36. | :04:38. | |
of Ireland's World Cup Republic of Ireland manager said | :04:39. | :04:40. | |
Martin O'Neill no timescale has been Manchester City Women | :04:41. | :04:45. | |
reached their third consecutive Nikita Parris scored | :04:46. | :04:47. | |
in the 89th minute - Liverpool ladies are also through - | :04:48. | :04:50. | |
after beating Notts It's been a gorgeous day today - | :04:51. | :04:55. | |
let's see if the weather's set Good evening, another lovely day | :04:56. | :05:08. | |
with lovely spells of sunshine. Into the evening, that sunshine will | :05:09. | :05:12. | |
translate into clear skies, but there will be some more in the way | :05:13. | :05:14. | |
of cloud, patches of mist and fog of cloud, patches of mist and fog | :05:15. | :05:18. | |
form as well. Temperatures overnight drop down to about 5 degrees. | :05:19. | :05:22. | |
Though, a chilly starting places tomorrow morning, we should see | :05:23. | :05:26. | |
spells of sunshine, but a bit more in the way of cloud as we go through | :05:27. | :05:30. | |
the day. Brightness rather than sunny spells. In the afternoon, but | :05:31. | :05:36. | |
it feels warm. Temperatures at 13 or 14 degrees. Once again, a light | :05:37. | :05:40. | |
breeze from the south-east. Through the rest of the week, things turn | :05:41. | :05:45. | |
more unsettled. Showers in the forecast on Tuesday, some of those | :05:46. | :05:48. | |
could be heavy with spells of sunshine as well. | :05:49. | :05:51. | |
I will be back just after 10:20pm with more news and weather. Join me | :05:52. | :05:55. | |
then, goodbye. | :05:56. | :05:58. |