16-Year-Old Boy Among 4 Dead in Explosion at UK Wastewater Plant

A picture shows a damaged silo (R) at a waste water treatment plant in Avonmouth, near Bristol in southwest England, on Dec. 4, 2020, after an explosion the previous day. Ben Stansall/AFP via Getty Images

A 16-year-old boy was among four people killed in an explosion on Thursday at a wastewater plant near Bristol in southern England, local police confirmed on Friday.

The blast took place on Thursday morning at Wessex Water’s Bristol water recycling centre in Avonmouth, a port in the outer suburb of Bristol.