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Worksop explosion: Fundraising page created to help residents of John Street impacted by house blast

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A new fundraising page has been set up to aid the Worksop community impacted when a house exploded on their road over the weekend.

The gofundme page has been created by Sophie Louise to raise cash for families who lost their homes in the blast on John Street.

An introduction on the page by Sophie reads: “In order to help the devastated families that have lost their homes due to the explosion on John Street I have started this fundraiser and hopefully as a community we can all come together to create a fund to help them purchase things that they are going to need in the meantime until their homes are rebuilt or they are able to relocate to a new property.

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“This fund will then be given to the council for them to distribute evenly between the families to help them get back on their feet.”

You can donate to the fund HERE

PICTURED: 53-year-old David Howard was killed in the blast

Police yesterday named the man who died following the explosion.

Officers recovered the body of a man from under debris following the blast.

Despite the best efforts of the responding emergency services, 53-year-old David Howard (pictured) died at the scene.

A 43-year-old man was today (15) arrested and questioned on suspicion of murder. He since been bailed pending further investigation work into the cause of the explosion

Officers are continuing to investigate to establish the cause of the explosion.

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