Woman dies in Chippenham house explosion, Wiltshire Police confirm

A woman has died after an explosion at a home in the west of England. The woman, in her 40s, passed away after reports of a suspected explosion at a house in Orchard Crescent, Chippenham, on Thursday afternoon.

Wiltshire Police said they were called at around 3.20pm after a report of an explosion, with ambulance and fire crews also sent to the scene.

“The woman’s next of kin have been informed and our thoughts are with her family at this time," a police spokesperson said. “There are not believed to be any suspicious circumstances surrounding the death.”

A spokesperson for Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service said two crews from Chippenham attended the scene but no action was required. Fire investigators were assisting the ongoing police inquiries and would be "providing a report to the coroner in due course", they confirmed