Hopes fade for more survivors after at least three killed in Jersey flats blast

At least three people have died and a dozen others are missing after an explosion in St Helier, Jersey (Aaron Chown/PA)

Rescuers searching the scene of an explosion in Jersey in which at least three people died have said they no longer expect to find anyone else alive.

Specialist teams who spent the night combing the wreckage in St Helier, on the south of the island, said their mission is now a “recovery operation”.