The mezzanine floor of Two More Years, in Hackney Wick, “collapsed in seconds” and paramedics are currently treating people for injuries at the scene
Police and ambulance crews are attending the incident at Two More Years in Hackney Wick (
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Emergency services have been called to a popular bar in north London following reports its second floor has collapsed.
Police and ambulance crews are attending the incident at Two More Years in Hackney Wick.
It is not clear how many people were injured in the incident, which happened at about 4.45pm.
A man who was in the venue at the time said the mezzanine floor “came down in seconds”.
He added: “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.”
Emergency Services attending to patients at the scene in Hackney Wick
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He added it was lucky that there were not more people sitting directly under the mezzanine floor that came down.
The witness said he had seen one person being brought out on a stretcher and put into an ambulance, but most of the injured appeared to have cuts and bruises rather than anything serious.
Another bar goer tweeted: “0/10 would not recommend being on the second floor of a bar when it collapses
“I’m very much OK (as is everyone who was in the building from what I know), but that was terrifying.”
A spokesman for Met Police said: “Police were called by the London Ambulance Service at 16:47hrs on Saturday, 12 February, to reports of a partial building collapse at a pub on Roach Road.
Some people were seen in warming blankets outside the popular bar
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“Emergency services are in attendance.”
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.”
Dozens of emergency services were seen outside the Hackney Wick bar
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A spokesman from London Fire Brigade confirmed a mezzanine floor in the bar had collapsed.
Fire crews are currently carrying out a search of the building.
Pictures from the scene showed people dangling among the wreckage as others work to clear the debris inside. Outside, others were draped with warming blankets as they surveyed the scene.
London Ambulance Service said it was treating people at the scene
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One witness said on Twitter: “Lots of people in shock but incredibly lucky more weren’t badly hurt.”
Another added: I hope no one is seriously injured or worse but the volume of sirens says otherwise.”
A police cordon at the scene has been lifted.
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