A tower crane has broken in half and collapsed in 80mph storm winds.
At around 4.30pm this evening the large construction machine buckled in Kingston.
The crane was close to the University of Kingston's Penrhyn Road development, which is where an unexploded WWII bomb was found earlier this year, Surrey Comet reported.
"We were called at 16.15 to reports of a tower crane collapsing into a building under construction on Beaufort Road," an LFB spokesperson told the paper.
"Two fire engines and two fire rescue units attended. Still ongoing."
Kingston Police said that nobody is believe to be injured.
A number of local residents have been evacuated as a precaution.
Kingston University said no university buildings had been damaged in the crane incident.
The crane collapse comes as strong winds and heavy rains envelop parts of the UK.
A severe weather warning for rain is in place until 8pm for parts of the North which has also been experiencing wind gusts of up to 70mph today.
Meanwhile sleet and snow is forecast for Scotland with temperatures barely reaching 10C at their absolute highest.
Trees have been felled by the gusts, today and over the weekend, as Storm Atiyah hit the UK and caused power faults in the South West and Wales.
Five flood warnings have bee issued by the Environment Agency for some coastal areas in the South West and North East of England.
The wind blew two lorries over in Scotland on Tuesday morning.
