{"id":1050,"date":"2024-10-22T22:12:23","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T22:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.justnews24.info\/?p=1050"},"modified":"2024-10-22T22:12:23","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T22:12:23","slug":"seven-year-old-boy-dies-after-explosion-in-newcastle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.justnews24.info\/?p=1050","title":{"rendered":"Seven-year-old boy dies after explosion in Newcastle"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"article-header_header__gD613\">\n<div class=\"article-header_image__D8tnN\">\n<div class=\"article-header_imageWrapper__ly_Jm\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"article-header_featuredImage__Pe8qH\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=3840&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/bltcd74acc1d0a99f3a\/blt2e5431677d8750e8\/670fb4e69298877b911b8fe3\/462537135_971991071358669_9221793833056507520_n.png\" sizes=\"100vw\" 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datetime=\"2024-10-16T12:43:39.835Z\">Published\u00a013:43 16 Oct 2024 GMT+1<\/time><\/div>\n<h1 class=\"article-header_heading__7ivKD\">Seven-year-old boy dies after explosion in Newcastle<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"summary_summary__q_VAA\">Six people were taken to hospital after the explosion<\/h2>\n<div class=\"article-header_metaWrapper__P4a1g\">\n<div class=\"article-header_author__I1S0n\">\n<div class=\"author-bio_container__mJB1O\">\n<div class=\"author-avatar_avatar__tcA_G\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=96&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/bltcd74acc1d0a99f3a\/blt2237c456d9a4d517\/667c19b81b8ead582897da91\/426152562_1633928670476101_5834713985415508249_n.jpg\" 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post\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"content-template_body__RWRhb\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">A seven-year-old boy has died following an explosion in Newcastle early this morning, police have confirmed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">The news was announced by Northumbria Police Superintendent Darren Adams at a press conference.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">A further six people have been taken to hospital as a result of the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">The explosion occured in the Benwell and Elswick area of Newcastle, with emergency services being called shortly before 1.00am.<\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-video-player_container__u4D9_\">\n<div id=\"primisPlayer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Eyewitnesses reported to the\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ladbible.com\/bbc\">BBC<\/a>\u00a0that they heard a &#8216;loud bang&#8217;, with one seeing a &#8216;bright 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families.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Superintendent Adams &#8211; who held a press conference today after the incident which happened in the early hours of the morning &#8211; called it a &#8216;truly devastating outcome&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">A number of people have been evacuated from the area following recommendations from the local Fire and Rescue Service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Lynsey McVay, the Assistant Chief Fire Officer for Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service, said six flats had been &#8216;badly affected, two of which suffered the main brunt of the explosion&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Drone pictures taken from above the street by PA confirmed that one house had been completely destroyed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-image_articleImage__eyzAn\">\n<div class=\"article-image_imageWrapper__ANtPE\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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\/><\/div>\n<p><cite class=\"image-credit_imageCredit__YMlqS\">A drone picture showing the aftermath of the explosion (PA)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Firefighters continue to work their way through the rubble, with Superintendent Adams confirming that a police cordon would be remaining up &#8216;for some time&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">He said: &#8220;It is with great sadness that I stand in front of you today following the tragic death of a young child.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">&#8220;As a result of the incident in the early hours of this morning, a seven-year-old boy has sadly passed away. This is a truly devastating outcome.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">A family friend of the victims said a fire had broken out after &#8216;a devastating explosion&#8217;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><cite class=\"image-credit_imageCredit__YMlqS\">Featured Image Credit: PA<\/cite><\/p>\n<p class=\"topics-list_topic__nSIGw\">Topics:\u00a0<a class=\"topics-list_tag__Ryb8j\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ladbible.com\/uk-news\">UK News<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated\u00a014:11 16 Oct 2024 GMT+1Published\u00a013:43 16 Oct 2024 GMT+1 Seven-year-old boy dies after explosion in Newcastle Six people were taken<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"colormag-highlighted-post":false,"colormag-featured-post-medium":false,"colormag-featured-post-small":false,"colormag-featured-image":false,"colormag-default-news":false,"colormag-featured-image-large":false},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/12938b275280a43554ec0f09b2f55a2756f50e6fd69b93e1e0172b75d6a79900?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":false,"magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"Updated\u00a014:11 16 Oct 2024 GMT+1Published\u00a013:43 16 Oct 2024 GMT+1 Seven-year-old boy dies after explosion in Newcastle Six people were taken","magazineBlocksPostCategories":["Uncategorized"],"magazineBlocksPostViewCount":248,"magazineBlocksPostReadTime":2,"magazine_blocks_featured_image_url":{"full":false,"medium":false,"thumbnail":false},"magazine_blocks_author":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/www.justnews24.info\/?author=1"},"magazine_blocks_comment":0,"magazine_blocks_author_image":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/12938b275280a43554ec0f09b2f55a2756f50e6fd69b93e1e0172b75d6a79900?s=96&d=mm&r=g","magazine_blocks_category":"<a href=\"#\" class=\"category-link category-link-1\">Uncategorized<\/a>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.justnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.justnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.justnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.justnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.justnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1050"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.justnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1052,"href":"https:\/\/www.justnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1050\/revisions\/1052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.justnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.justnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.justnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}