A four-year-old girl who died in a gas explosion in Thornton Heath, south London, has been named by the Metropolitan Police as Sahara Salman.
Merton Council leader Ross Garrod said the Health and Safety Executive told him the situation had not stabilised since the explosion, and criticised insurance companies for "refusing basic accommodation" for those affected.
He added: "There is still a strong smell of gas and we understand the leak may take some days to stop."We are also facing real challenges, not least among [them] the response of insurance companies, many of whom are refusing basic accommodation for homeowners."The Reverend Deji Ayorinde, of the nearby Pollards Hill Baptist Church, described Sahara's death as "unnecessary".
Mr Ayorinde added: "We saw it with Lakanal in 2009, we saw it with Grenfell in 2017, we're seeing it in Galpin's in 2022.
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