A man has died after a building collapsed in Birmingham's jewellery quarter yesterday.
Emergency services earlier said three people were injured, one seriously, in the incident they were called to shortly before 6pm on Wednesday.
West Midlands Ambulance Service have now confirmed one man died at the scene of the incident in Hockley following the collapse.
The 49-year-old victim from London was found trapped under a large mound of rubble.
He was pronounced dead at the scene at 6.20pm.
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Large numbers of emergency service personnel attended included two ambulances, two paramedic officers, the Hazardous Area Response Team, the Midlands Air Ambulance from Cosford and the Midlands Air Ambulance Critical Care Car.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: "On arrival, ambulance staff were faced with the aftermath of a wall collapse.
"Tragically, one man was confirmed dead at the scene.
"A second man was assessed and treated by ambulance staff before being taken to Sandwell Hospital.
"A third was assessed and discharged at the scene.
"Ambulance staff worked closely with police and fire crews at the scene."
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The Urban Search and Rescue dog, Cara, was used to search the building and police closed the road to allow emergency services to carry out their investigations.
Members of the public were asked to avoid the area.
The collapse happened inside the Unity Works, a Grade II-listed Victorian building constructed in 1865.
It was originally used by toolmakers Henry Jenkins & Sons before the company produced munitions during the First World War.
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Onlooker Paul Short, 33, a worker at a nearby bar, said: "Its currently being developed into flats, its a lovely building but very old and it must have been unsafe.
"I saw police, ambulances and fire engines shoot past the bar and I knew something major must have been happening. It's really tragic that a man has lost his life."
