'Completely disrespectful': Eight years have passed since tragic Leicester murders but explosion site is unchangedThe blast killed five people in 2018View 4 Images The explosion took out a supermarket and the flat above (Image: Leicester Mercury)Eight years have passed since an explosion killed five people in Leicester - but the site of the tragedy remains derelict and abandoned. ‌The state of the Hinckley Road explosion site has been labelled "disgusting" and "disrespectful to those who lost their lives" by neighbours who are keen to see it turned into a memorial. The trial heard that they had planned the explosion in the hope of claiming £300,000 in an insurance payout. Up the road from the explosion site, a plaque was installed in 2022, where people can lay fresh flowers amd visit to pay tribute. Over the summer youths were spotted setting a fire in the boarded up site, which Zubair has condemned as "completely disrespectful to who lost their lives and their families."