More than half of displaced Pier Road residents now in permanent homes

More than half of the households displaced due to the Pier Road explosion have been moved into permanent homes.

Andium Homes says it is "actively working to identify properties" for the residents who continue to live in temporary accommodation.

There is still a dedicated support hub to help people with their mental health and finances.

It also facilitates regular coffee mornings which allows people to come together as a community and receive extra help from experts.

Specially trained police officers continue to search the site for evidence that could help with the investigation.

There is also a team of 30 disaster recovery experts, who have spent more than 7,000 hours on the site trying to find resident's personal items.

Some people have already been able to retrieve some smaller possessions, but others whose homes were worse affected are still unable to get theirs.

A catalogue is also being prepared for bereaved families so they can identify their loves ones' belongings.

Jersey Police expect to recover all evidence from the scene on Pier Road by the end of March.

There are currently around 27 full time officers and staff working on the investigation, excluding commissioned experts from overseas.

From next week (27 February), the search will be scaled back as police officers at the scene are replaced by private security guards.

Secure gates will also be installed to protect the site.

More than 800 lines of enquiry are being investigated, and police have taken over 300 statements and collected more than 600 exhibits.

A research centre in Buxton is being used to analyse key pieces of evidence from the scene.

Ten people died during the explosion at a block of flats in St Helier in December.

The Haut de Mont flats were owned by Andium Homes - the social housing company owned by Jersey's government.

The cause of the tragedy is yet to be confirmed, but police say their working hypothesis is a gas explosion.

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