The death toll from an explosion at a block of flats in St Helier, Jersey, has risen to seven.
States of Jersey Police Chief Officer Robin Smith on Tuesday confirmed that the death toll from the incident on Friday has increased from five to seven.
Firefighters were called to the block in St Helier just after 8.30pm on Friday when occupants smelled gas, and it was allegedly deemed safe before the explosion nine hours later.
On Monday, seven of the nine people believed to have been killed in the explosion were named by police.
Peter Bowler, 72, Raymond Brown, 71, Romeu de Almeida, 67 and Louise de Almeida, 64, Derek Ellis, 61, Sylvia Ellis, 73, and Billy Marsden, 63, were feared dead or missing, States of Jersey Police said.
The identities of the other Islanders will be released at a later date, the force added.
Four other people were still missing following the tragic explosion at the residential block on Pier Road, St Helier, on Saturday at 4am.
The cause of the explosion is still under investigation.
On Sunday, emergency services said they were treating the scene as a "recovery operation" rather than search and rescue.
A Jersey Police spokesperson said: "Operations at the Haut du Mont site on Pier Road continue as a search and recovery.
"Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) strategies are in place and specialist officers continue to survey the scene alongside Fire and Ambulance Services and tactical advisors from Urban Search and Rescue (USAR)."
He said their families had been made aware of the announcement before other Islanders and continued to be supported by special officers.
Jersey's energy supplier has announced it is carrying out safety testing of the entire island's gas supply.
Mr Smith said on Sunday that the "likely" cause was a gas leak - but Jo Cox, chief officer at Island Energy, said the flats affected were not connected to the gas network.
According to the Jersey Evening Post, a statement on Monday afternoon from Ms Cox said: "Island Energy continues to work alongside the emergency services as they continue their recovery operation.
"The company will conduct its own investigation into what happened, as well as helping the various official inquiries.
"Our engineers are safety-testing the island's gas network, and this will be completed in the next few days. No issues have been detected in the survey so far."
Residents on North Quay Parade, close to the site of the explosion, have begun returning to their homes after the police cordon was reduced.
Several buildings, including the homes of Andy Rawlinson, 54, and Steve McCherry, 60, have been damaged by the blast - with windows smashed and debris across their doorsteps.
Mr Rawlinson said he had been woken by the "almighty bang" of the explosion at 4am and he felt "traumatised" returning home, while Mr McCherry said the impact had thrown him from his bed.
A Jersey resident since 1979, Mr Rawlinson said: "It's scary, it's traumatic as well.
"It's horrible being a few hundred yards away from where people are dying and there's not a thing you can do.
"People have lost their lives so close to Christmas, it's so so sad.
"I've never seen anything like that here. It's devastating."
