AMBULANCE crews have rushed to a busy bar after its upstairs floor collapsed – leaving punters trapped in the rubble.
Met police have now declared the situation a major incident after the mezzanine at Two More Years in Hackney Wick, North London fell at 4.45pm this evening.
Its not known how many people have been injured[/caption]
A mezzanine floor is reported to have collapsed[/caption]
Staff and patrons inside the Two More Years bar and restaurant studios at Fish Island[/caption]
Its not known how many people have been injured[/caption]
Police, fire and ambulance crews are currently dealing with the situation but it is not yet known how many people have been injured.
A Met Police spokesperson said: “Emergency services were called at 4:44pm to Roach Road, #HackneyWick, to reports that part of a building had collapsed.
“A number of have resources have been sent to the scene.
“Paramedics are treating patients at the scene and are working closely with emergency services colleagues.
“The incident was declared a major incident with the local hospital put on standby to receive a large number of people.”
A man who was in the venue at the time said: “There was just this sort of cracking sort of noise and dust started coming down.
“Me and my friend just ran to the side and the whole thing just came down in a matter of seconds.”
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The man said it was lucky that there were not more people sitting directly under the mezzanine floor that came down.
He saw one person being brought out on a stretcher and put into an ambulance, but he said most of the injured appeared to have cuts and bruises rather than anything serious.
London Ambulance Service tweeted: “We were called at 4:44pm to Roach Road, Hackney Wick, to reports that part of a building had collapsed.
“We have sent a number of resources to the scene. Crews are treating patients at the scene and are working closely with emergency services colleagues.”
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The second floor of Two More Years collapsed this evening[/caption]
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