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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Laura Parnaby

Residents from scene of south London’s fatal explosion still in hotels six months later

PA Wire

A “hero” who risked his life to rescue children in the aftermath of a south London fatal explosion is among dozens of evacuated residents still living in a hotel six months later.

Delroy Simms, 63, has described the “torture” of not knowing when his family can return home half a year on from the blast which shattered the windows of their house and killed his neighbour, four-year-old Sahara Salman.

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