Mont Pinel residents begin to return home as cordon scaled back

Wednesday 03 July 2024

Some residents from the Mont Pinel area are now able to return to their homes after the cordon put in place following an explosion last week was scaled back.

All emergency services were sent to Mont Pinel shortly before 23:00 on Wednesday 26 June due to an "unidentified suspected explosion and structural collapse". 

Firefighters rescued two adults and two children from the property in a "time-critical" rescue operation.

Pictured: Two adults and two children were rescued from their Mont Pinel home following a suspected explosion.

The family-of-four was taken to the General Hospital for medical attention, and 19 other residents of the area were displaced. 

It was confirmed last week that the two and five-year-old whose bedroom was left exposed when the front wall of their home collapsed were "unharmed".

Their parents, who were found buried under rubble, were yesterday still being treated in hospital.

In an update today, the Government said that the cordon has now been reduced to cover only the affected row of properties.

Residents from Douro Court, who had previously been displaced, are now able to return to their homes. 

The four properties still inside the cordon remain under States of Jersey Fire & Rescue Service management, due to stabilisation works.

Those families affected continue to be supported by Government.

An investigation into the cause of the explosion is due to begin at the end of this week once the impacted property has been stabilised.