Seven rescued after bar floor collapses in north east London

Seven people have been rescued after a mezzanine floor at a bar on Roach Road in Hackney Wick collapsed.

Around 50 people left the building before the Brigade arrived. Thirteen people were treated at the scene and four of them were taken to hospital by London Ambulance Service crews.

Station Commander Sacha Clement, who was at the scene, said: “Firefighters carried out a systematic search of the building and rescued seven people from inside.

“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 worked with our emergency services partners and a number of people were treated at the scene and taken to hospital.”

Brian Jordan, London Ambulance Service Strategic Commander said;

“We were called at 4:44pm today (12 February) to Roach Road, Hackney Wick, to reports that part of a building had collapsed.

“We declared a major incident and dispatched a number of resources to the scene. This included incident response officers, advanced paramedics, tactical advisors, clinical team managers, units from our hazardous area response team and several ambulances and fast response unit car crews. We also dispatched teams from London’s Air Ambulance.

“We worked closely with emergency services partners and treated 13 people. Three patients had potentially serious injuries and 10 had more minor injuries. We took four people to hospitals and major trauma centres.

“Crews have now been stood down and I thank them, the teams working in our control rooms and colleagues from our partner agencies for their swift and professional response.”

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