Firemen at a collapsed building in Park Road, Toxteth _320
DEMOLITION contractors were last night working to make safe a building that collapsed in Liverpool almost seriously injuring two people.
Emergency crews were called to a three-storey end terrace in Park Road, Dingle, which partially collapsed at around 1.10pm.
The building is believed to be derelict and in private ownership. No one was injured in the incident.
Window fitter James Halligan, 45, who witnessed the incident, said: “I was 10 seconds away from the building when it collapsed.
“It was terrifying. Two people had just walked past it – they would have been killed it had landed on them. Tons of the bricks flew on to the pavement and out on to the road.”
An unmarked police patrol car was passing the scene when the building collapsed. The officer immediately closed both carriageways.
Mr Halligan said: “We couldn’t believe how close we were to the building. There was no obvious reason why it collapsed. It was just old and derelict. It's a miracle no-one was hurt.”
By 1.30pm, a search and rescue team had been sent away from the incident after it was established no one was trapped.
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