Building Collapses In Central London,

Sky's chief political correspondent Jon Craig went to the scene and said that one witness had heard a bang.

He said: "The top of the building is completely collapsed, it reminds you a bit of the Brighton bomb at the Grand Hotel in 1984.

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Its early days yet but the opinion of a few people who witnessed this event say they think they heard an explosion before the building collapsed.

Fire brigade are using listening equipment to try and find potential survivors.

1 person has been found injured so far

There is a huge pile of rubble in the street and it is believed that the top two floors of the five-storey building have collapsed. Eyewitnesses reported hearing a loud bang or blast as the building collapsed. It is believed that the floors affected were undergoing renovation at the time of the collapse.

Around 50 firefighters are currently at the scene, London Fire Service confirmed, and two urban search and rescue vehicles are at the scene to search for possible casualties.

It has been reported that Ms Blears had held a meeting with a number of MPs in the building a few hours before the collapse, but a spokesperson said that her staff had been evacuated and none of them were injured in the incident.

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Builders were going in and out of the building before it happened according to here

Hopefully no more people are trapped or hurt.

There is another thread about a building being bombed near Scotland Yard. Is this two separate incidents, or just overlapping threads?

Originally posted by NGC2736
There is another thread about a building being bombed near Scotland Yard. Is this two separate incidents, or just overlapping threads?

You mean the one under the UFO section for some bizarre reason?

That is refering to the same story, as far as I know reports only say 'sounded' like an explosion, nothing about a bomb as yet, could just of easily being gas (either mains or canister it was a building site) or just the crash of the building collapsing.

I reckon it was the work experiance kid

Thanks for making that clear. At first, a person would think another series of bombings were in the works, and I wanted to get that cleared up.

OP, Good Job.