Mother of 4-year-old girl killed in house explosion blames gas company for negligence. This is after residents previously warned of a possible gas leak on the road.
Sana Her Ahmad daughter Sahara Salman left her home in Thornton Heath South London just one month before her fifth birthday. He died shortly after 7:00 a.m. in the blast that destroyed him. Monday.
Ahmad, 28, says her world was "torn apart" by tragedy and wants answers on how it all happens.
Sahara Salman died in explosion Monday
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Three others were injured, The gas company said it was investigating the cause.
In her first comment since the tragedy, Ms. Ahmad told Evening's Standard that her daughter was "the most wonderful little girl." said, adding: Cruel. We have lost her daughter, our pride and joy.
``This world was not meant for one special person,'' she continued. ``We lost.
Ahmad was calling the mother who was to pick up the children when the explosion occurred.
"I was on the phone and within seconds she heard me scream because the big bang happened," she said.
Aerial photographs show the extent of street destruction
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Engineer
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at the scene of the fatal explosion "There are two children in my room, Sahara in the box room, There was the eldest son in the room.Towards the garden.My instinct was to grab all my children, but when I went to the corridor, the Sahara room was already collapsing.I
"The explosion was so bad it felt like a missile had been dropped on the facility. That's how fast the building started to collapse." 53} A woman is planting flowers near the wreckage site (PA)
Ms Ahmad said her father and uncle broke down the door to enter the compound and lead the other children to safety.
Her grieving mother explained that she called the gas company on July 30, more than a week before the explosion.
Southern Gas Networks sent someone to investigate the leak the next day, but she was told there were no major problems. }, an engineer working on Street after receiving a report of a gas odor, has not been seen for several days.
Ahmad said the "biggest question" she wanted answered was "why has the gas issue been ignored for so long?"
Explosion destroyed home Monday morning
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A tragedy is underway
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Neighbors Delroy Sims and Kutoya Kukanda helped rescue other children after the explosion He was hailed as a hero.
Mr. Sims said: I was scratching my head yesterday. My neighbor said she's been calling [the gas technician] all week.
"It was like an earthquake when I heard the explosion. It shook me and my house. The window shutters blew off their hinges."
Mitcham and Morden Labor MP Siobhan McDonagh says she wrote a letter to the gas company SGN demanding an answer.
SGN said in a statement:
``Our engineers are assisting emergency services with an investigation to determine the cause of the explosion.
"Due to an ongoing police investigation, we are unable to comment further at this time."
