Whalan townhouse explosion: Body is found in search for woman trapped under rubble

A body has been found following a desperate search for a woman trapped under rubble after an explosion leveled a mansion.

The massive explosion took place on the second floor of the building on Waikanda Crescent in Whalan, in Sydneywest, about 1 p.m. on Saturday.

Jasmin Mhey, 30, was identified on Sunday evening as the missing woman believed to be trapped in the rubble of the decimated building.

N.S.W Police provided an update on the search on Monday, which revealed that a woman’s body had been found.

The woman has yet to be formally identified. A report will be prepared for the information of the coroner.

The horrific explosion could be heard blocks away, shattering the glass of neighboring buildings. Five other people were treated at the scene by ambulance crews.

Jasmin Mhey, 30, was identified on Sunday evening as the missing woman believed to be trapped in the rubble of the decimated building

The massive explosion happened on the second floor of the building on Waikanda Crescent in Whalan, in Sydney’s west, at around 1pm on Saturday.

Ms Mhey’s distraught mother, who has been keeping a vigil across the street and closely monitoring the search, told neighbors she had reported the smell of gas in the building and on the street in recent months.

Neighbors described the moment she returned to the house.

“She (the mother) was on her hands and knees screaming for her daughter,” a neighbor said.

“She didn’t want to leave, she sat here all night in the rain and the cold and said she wouldn’t leave until her daughter was gone.”

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