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'Highly unlikely' three missing Didcot workers still alive, officials warn

It is "highly unlikely" that three people still missing in the rubble of the Didcot Power Station collapse are still alive, officials have said.

The search has been hampered by the "unstable" section still standing, they added.

The station closed in 2013 and was in the process of being demolished when it collapsed yesterday, killing one and injuring five.

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Dramatic aftermath of Didcot 'explosion'

Video footage taken by a passer-by shows the moments after the fatal explosion at Didcot A Power Station in south Oxfordshire this afternoon.

A significant chunk of a building in the defunct Didcot A site has collapsed, with a large amount of debris on the ground.

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