Death blast power station reopens

An official report into the explosion is expected

Power generation is to resume at the Enron plant on Teesside where three people died in an explosion on 8 August.

The move follows the completion of an on-site investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).

The reopening will not happen until after the funerals of the three men, which are expected on Friday.

The investigation by the HSE is expected to continue off site for several more days.

Previous accidents

Enron's chief executive flew in from America to investigate the incident at Lazenby near Middlesbrough.

The explosion was the third at the plant since it was built eight years ago.

Two previous accidents left two employees seriously injured, one partially blind and deaf.

The combined heat and power station, which uses gas from the North Sea to produce electricity for the national grid, had been switched off for maintenance at the time of the explosion.

The power station is opposite the former ICI Wilton site, which is still a petro-chemical complex.