Mother ‘devastated’ as daughter’s body found in rubble of Sydney home that collapsed after explosion

Rescue teams had worked around the clock looking for Mhey Yumol Jasmin after the blast in Whalan on Saturday

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A mother has been left devastated" after a woman was found dead in the rubble of a social housing townhouse in Sydney's west after it collapsed on Saturday following a massive explosion that was felt in neighbouring suburbs.

New South Wales police and fire and rescue services had been searching for Mhey Yumol Jasmin, who had been unaccounted for after the blast on Waikanda Crescent in Whalan, before her body was found early on Monday morning.

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