• Inquests investigating ten deaths in a Jersey explosion have begun.
• Inquests were adjourned so the bodies could be buried.
• Tenth person injured in explosion died on Christmas Day.

An explosion that occurred in a building in Jersey that housed multiple apartments has prompted the opening of an investigation into the deaths of ten persons.

Deputy Viscount Mark Harris presided over the opening of the inquests before adjourning them so that their remains might be released for funerals.

In the days that followed the explosion that occurred in St. Helier on December 10, the bodies of nine local inhabitants were located and recovered.

A tenth person was hurt in the explosion and taken to the hospital, but he or she passed away on Christmas Day.

Dental data were used to identify the nine people who passed away at the Haut du Mont flats, according to the police testimony given during the hearing in St. Helier.

According to the findings of the inquest, the most common reasons for their passing were trauma to the head and chest, as well as burns.

Peter Bowler, Raymond Brown, Romeu and Louise De Almeida, Derek and Sylvia Ellis, Ken and Jane Ralph, Billy Marsden, and Jane and Derek Ralph were the residents who passed away.

According to what was said, the circumstances surrounding the death of the tenth victim, Kathleen McGinness, who was 73 years old and lived in the building next door, are still unknown.

However, pathologists were convinced that all 10 bodies could be released so that funerals could be held for those who had passed away.

While the explosion investigation continues, the police have maintained the perimeter cordon that was set up around the site.

During the inquest, a detective superintendent from Jersey Police named Alison Fossey stated that the inquiry would be lengthy and complex, and that it would take several months.

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