Eight people have been rescued by first responders after a mezzanine floor of a busy London bar collapsed in “a matter of seconds”.
Paramedics, fire crews and police were called to the scene at the Two More Years venue in the Hackney Wick area of the city on Saturday afternoon.
A number of people have been taken to hospital while others were treated at the scene by the London Ambulance Service.
Non-league footballers and spectators are said to have been among those in the bar when the floor caved in, the Mirror reports.
A man who was in the venue at the time said "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."
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."
Clapton Community FC wrote on Twitter: "Some of the spectators and players from our game at Stonewall FC were in this bar when the mezzanine collapsed.
“We believe one person has been taken to hospital but miraculously no serious injuries as far as we know."
Station Commander Sacha Clement, at the scene, said firefighters carried out a systematic search of the building and rescued eight people inside.
They continued: "They were trapped on the remaining part of the mezzanine floor and crews used a ladder to bridge between the floor and the internal staircase to get them safely out of the building.
"We are working with our emergency services partners, and a number of people have been treated at the scene and taken to hospital."
A spokesman for Met Police added: “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.
“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."
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