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| Date | 10 December 2022 |
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| Time | 3:53 a.m. (GMT (UTC±0)) |
| Location | Pier Road, St Helier, Jersey |
| Coordinates | 49°10′42″N 02°06′30″W / 49.17833°N 2.10833°W |
| Type | Gas explosion (suspected) |
| Deaths | 10 |
| Non-fatal injuries | 2 |
On 10 December 2022, an explosion destroyed a block of flats in St Helier, Jersey in the Channel Islands. Ten people were killed in the suspected gas explosion, which occurred just before 4 a.m. GMT.
The incident happened less than 48 hours after another multiple fatality in Jersey when a freight ship collided with and sank a local trawler off the island's west coast with three lives lost.[1]