Police have mentioned they're ‘cautiously optimistic’ there shall be no extra victims of an explosion at a block of flats in Bedford.
Some close by residents affected by Monday’s blast and subsequent fireplace on the three-storey constructing in Redwood Grove, Bedford, have begun returning to their houses after being evacuated.
Bedfordshire Police mentioned they've recovered the physique of the individual identified to have died within the incident, with a autopsy examination set for Friday.
The power imagine there aren't any different victims ‘unaccounted for’.
A big a part of the block of 20 flats, which has seen a part of the roof destroyed, stays unsafe, with officers warning it is going to be a while earlier than a full examination and investigations are carried out.
Six neighbouring flats additionally stay unsafe to reside in, however residents of an adjoining block of 78 flats have been capable of return house.
Chief superintendent John Murphy mentioned: ‘Whereas we can not at the moment bodily enter the constructing to hold out a correct search, primarily based on our investigations thus far, and the knowledge now we have acquired, we don't imagine there's anyone else unaccounted for, both as residents or guests.
‘It's a tragedy that one individual has misplaced their life and our ideas are very a lot with their family members.
‘Nevertheless, it’s welcome that we may be cautiously optimistic that there shall be no additional victims.’
Tributes have poured in for the sufferer who has not but been formally recognized.
The flowers and playing cards had been moved nearer to the block after a cordon was eliminated.
A port-mortem examination is about for Friday.
The explosion’s trigger is being investigated by forensic groups, although it has been confirmed there was no mains gasoline provide into the constructing.
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