Six people, five adults and a child, were taken to hospital following the incident and a man in his 30s remains in a critical but stable condition. Events
Archie York has been named locally as the seven-year-old boy killed in an explosion in Newcastle Events
Jason Laws, known as Jay, has been named locally as the man in his 30s who was found dead at the scene of the horrific house explosion on Violet Close in Newcastle's Benwell and Elswick neighbourhood Events
Northumbria Police say body believed to be that of man in his 30s as investigation into incident continues Events
Archie York, seven, was killed in a house explosion in Newcastle in the early hours of Wednesday morning, his aunt wrote on Facebook his name deserves to be shouted from the rooftops! Events
A second person has been killed after a horrific house explosion on Violet Close in Newcastle that decimated two terraced homes, killing a young boy at the scene as others were rushed to hospital Events
Archie York has been named locally as the seven-year-old boy killed in an explosion in Newcastle, which destroyed two terraced houses in the early hours of Wednesday morning Events
Six flats in a residential road were ‘badly affected’ by the explosion, which happened shortly before 1am on Wednesday Events