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| Girl's death caused by gas main | Girl's death caused by gas main |
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| A fractured gas main led to the explosion that killed a nine-year-old girl in Plymouth. | A fractured gas main led to the explosion that killed a nine-year-old girl in Plymouth. |
| Stephanie Hammacott was walking to Southway Primary School on 8 January when the explosion ripped through a house in Bulteel Gardens. | Stephanie Hammacott was walking to Southway Primary School on 8 January when the explosion ripped through a house in Bulteel Gardens. |
| Police and health and safety officials said a pipe had fractured on the corner of Bulteel Gardens and Winnicott Close. | Police and health and safety officials said a pipe had fractured on the corner of Bulteel Gardens and Winnicott Close. |
| The gas seeped into an elderly couple's home at Bulteel Gardens, where it was triggered by a naked flame or spark. | |
| Forensic investigations are continuing to try to explain why the main should have fractured in the first place. | Forensic investigations are continuing to try to explain why the main should have fractured in the first place. |
| One possible cause is previous excavation work in the area and police are investigating whether anyone was negligent. | One possible cause is previous excavation work in the area and police are investigating whether anyone was negligent. |
| A full report is expected shortly which will go to the Crown Prosecution Service to determine whether there are any criminal or health and safety offences. | A full report is expected shortly which will go to the Crown Prosecution Service to determine whether there are any criminal or health and safety offences. |
| If it is considered that there are no offences, the report will be passed to the coroner, in preparation for the inquest on Stephanie's death. | If it is considered that there are no offences, the report will be passed to the coroner, in preparation for the inquest on Stephanie's death. |