Specialist teams continue to search Oldham mill after human remains found

Specialist teams are continuing to search a demolished mill in Oldham after human remains relating to two victims were found.

Pictures taken at the Bismark House Mill on Bower Street this morning (Wednesday) showed crime scene investigators, fire crews and Greater Manchester Police's specialist operations incident command unit at the scene. Multiple emergency services vehicles were stationed at the site with a large screen in place around much of the mill.

A major search is ongoing to find any further human remains, after the remains of two bodies were uncovered. The first was discovered by demolition workers on Saturday, July 23, prompting a major incident to be declared.

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This was just two days after Greater Manchester Police received a tip that four Vietnamese nationals had been missing since May 7 - the date of a huge blaze at the mill. At the time, fire crews believed nobody was inside.

They spent four days extinguishing the flames before demolition work started on the building. The remains of a second victim were then found on Wednesday, July 27.

The M.E.N understands the force were alerted about the missing people by a Catholic church in London, after they were contacted by a family in Vietnam who hadn't heard from their son since May 7. Assistant chaplain at the Vietnamese Catholic Community, Father Anthony Nguyen Tri said he was contacted by the man's family who wanted to know if their son was 'dead or alive'.

Detectives from GMP's Major Incident Team have warned that the body count may still rise, as they remain 'conscious of the report we received, on Thursday 21 July 2022, that four Vietnamese nationals were missing and may have