Jersey energy firm says it attended site before deadly blast

Fire service says it handed over reported gas leak to Island Energy seven hours before explosion

Jersey's energy company is facing questions over the deaths of up to nine people after the island's fire chief said his officers handed over a reported gas leak to the firm seven hours before a block of flats blew up.

Paul Brown, Jersey's chief fire officer, said his service attended the Haut du Mont flats in St Helier on Friday evening at 8.36pm, and responsibility for the case was passed to Island Energy by 9.01pm.