Hackney house collapse: A man recalls the ‘creepy’ moment a three-storey house collapsed

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A man remembers the shocking moment when he opened his window to find a nearby three-storey house had collapsed.

Emergency services were called at around 12.17pm on Saturday to Gloucester Drive, Hackney, north east London.

Videos posted on social media showed the entire back of the house had been mowed down, leaving bricks and rubble strewn in nearby gardens.

A 31-year-old man who lives nearby and did not wish to be identified told the Palestinian News Agency that the incident was “very scary”.

“All I heard was a loud sound and my building was shaking as if there was an earthquake,” he said.

“When I looked out the window, the whole building had collapsed.”

He added that emergency services arrived at the scene quickly.

“[Within] 10 to 15 minutes [they] They were already gathering.”

The neighbor described the sound of the collapse as “like an earthquake.”

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“The police have ordered us to stay away from the window facing the building for the time being until further notice,” he added.

Most of the building’s roof has fallen off, except for a steel girder connecting the exterior wall to an adjacent property.

Firefighters were seen on ladders assessing the scene from a nearby wall.

The London Fire Brigade said about 60 firefighters were on the property where the collapse occurred in depth from surface level to ground level.

Station Commander John Singleton said: “In the hot and humid conditions, urban search and rescue crews, along with the drone team and sniffer dogs, worked tirelessly to ensure there were no casualties trapped in the rubble.

Fortunately, there were no reports of injuries.

Firefighters at the scene of a house collapse in Hackney

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Fire brigades attended from Kentish Town, East Ham, Islington, Edmonton, Battersea and East Ham.

Five fire engines and three rescue units have also been dispatched.

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