One person dead after crane collapses in east London
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LONDON, July 8 (Xinhua) -- One person died after a crane collapsed in east London on Wednesday afternoon, the London Ambulance Service confirmed on Twitter.
According to the London Ambulance Service, after they treated four injured people and took two of them with head injuries to hospital, a fifth person has been found and died at the scene.
London Fire Brigade said a 20-meter crane has collapsed onto a block of flats under development and into two terraced houses in Bow, an area of east London, and they were called at 14:39 BST (1339 GMT) on Wednesday.
"Our Urban Search and Rescue crews are undertaking a complex rescue operation and using specialist equipment to search the properties," said assistant commissioner Graham Ellis from London Fire Brigade.
"This is a multi-agency response and is likely to be a protracted incident. I would ask people to avoid the area," Ellis added. Enditem
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