we caught a lot of fish. the trip took a dark turn one after almost two months at sea, captain schmidt approached the island of wallace, a french territory between hawaii and new zealand. schmidt says that when he alerted local authorities about their arrival, isaac and outduel panicked about having to take a covid test to enter. he said that they did the unthinkable, and suddenly jumped overboard. they were afraid of taking the covid test, it being the mark of the beast. now they had gotten involved with the guru, and they were convinced that for sure that he the pcr test, that there are things inside, along with the vaccine. and the vaccine wasn t even really out. schmidt says that he called island authorities for help and flagged down a fishing boat to search. he believes the men had a plan to slip into oblivion with mellow, giving up all ties to the united states. they had really been led astray by this instagram era
and rescue teams here came to the conclusion that there was no longer any hope of finding survivors in that pile of rubble, which is all that s left of the three storey block of flats after the huge explosion here at 4am yesterday morning. so now this operation has moved into a recovery phase. there is some heavy machinery that has been brought in to go through that rubble, but the families of those who are missing have been warned that that recovery and identification operation will have to be done very slowly, very carefully, very delicately, and that could mean that it takes weeks, not days. now, in terms of the cause of this, the working theory seems to be that this could well have been a gas explosion, and we know that the fire service was called on friday night to reports that residents could smell gas. now, that s been confirmed by island authorities, and it will be investigated as part of working out what happened here, what went wrong, and whether, potentially,
every available emergency vehicle was sent to the scene, as island authorities declared a major incident and the hospital s casualty department closed to non urgent cases. fire crews helped some people from the area, but police confirmed that one individual had died, and that more casualties were likely. you know, it is hard to speculate, and i wouldn t want to speculate on those sorts of things. there is a reality to this, of course, and we should probably condition ourselves to that or at least consider that, but you know, i want us to be hopeful that we will start that search. but there has to be a recognition that we could have more fatalities, of course. the priority now is to begin a search of the building, but police say the site is still highly dangerous and they have sought help from hampshire fire service. meanwhile dozens of people have been evacuated to the town hall and provided with clothing, food and warmth, while efforts are under way to rehouse them as temperatures con
every available emergency vehicle was sent to the scene, as island authorities declared a major incident and the hospital s emergency department closed to non urgent cases. it is, as i described this morning, a scene of utter devastation. i mean, the building has completely collapsed. it is it doesn t even look like a building was. the collapsed building poses huge challenges for a search operation. although gas and water have been cut off, there were still pockets of fire this afternoon and the debris pile remains unstable. the primary challenge is, one, it is dangerous to operate in and around the area. and secondly, anything that we do or don t do in the wrong way might then jeopardise the chances of survival for somebody who might yet be able to be rescued. meanwhile, dozens of people have been evacuated to st helier s town hall and provided with clothing, food and warmth, while efforts are under way to rehouse them as temperatures continue to fall.
another devon dozen people are missing after an explosion broad and a block of flats injersey. robert hall reports. just to warn you this footage contains footage from the explosion. it sounded like a roll of thunder according to eyewitnesses. the explosion happened on a hillside street overlooking st helier s harbour. this is the moment captured on a close circuit television camera on a cafe half a mile away. emergency services were on the scene within a few minutes. they found one three storey block of flats virtually demolished, with adjoining buildings on fire or badly damaged. the explosion hurled debris and glass over an area several hundred yards across. every available emergency vehicle was sent to the scene, as island authorities declared a major incident and the hospital s casualty department closed to non urgent cases. fire crews helped some people from the area, but police confirmed that one individual had died, and that more casualties were likely. you know, it is hard to