Lidgate gas explosion victims named as Pamela and Julie Tierney Published duration 11 May 2019

image copyright Terry-Harris.com image caption The blast ripped the bungalow apart

Two people who were killed in an explosion at a bungalow have been named by police as a mother and daughter.

Pamela Tierney, 78, and Julie Tierney, 50, died after a series of blasts at the property in The Street in Lidgate, near Newmarket, Suffolk, on Tuesday.

Pamela Tierney died as a result of natural causes and Julie as a result of inhalation of fire fumes, police said.

Suffolk Police said Home Office post-mortem examinations took place on Saturday.

"The deaths are not being treated as suspicious and a file will now be prepared for the coroner," the force said in a statement.

"Detectives are not looking for anyone else in connection with the deaths.