Deadly Alloa flat explosion not suspicious, police say

A deadly flat explosion in Alloa is not being treated as suspicious following an extensive police investigation.

Around 6pm on Sunday 6 October, emergency services were called to a report of a huge blaze at a block of flats in the Kellie Place area of Alloa.

50-year-old Graham Green was pronounced dead at the scene.

Three people other people, a 72-year-old man, a 19-year-old man and a 49-year-old woman, were treated at Forth Valley Hospital.

People living in neighbouring properties were offered shelter at Alloa's town hall while gas and electricity engineers were called out.

Neighbours in Kellie Place spent the night in the town hall and major incident was declared.

Emergency crews left the Kellie Place scene at around 10.15pm, a spokesman for the fire service said.

After the explosion, police and emergency crews implemented a number of road closures which were lifted just before midnight.

Since then, a multi-agency investigation has been carried out, and it was ruled that no suspicious circumstances took place.

Gas distribution firm SG earlier ruled out their gas network as the cause of the blast.

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