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People Are Trapped In A Building In Ontario Right Now After It Partially Collapsed

Responders are currently trying to rescue them.
Building Collapse In London Leaves Two People Trapped & Five Injured
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At just before noon on Friday, a partial building collapse in London, Ontario sent multiple people to the hospital. Two people still remain trapped.

UPDATE: It has been reported that one of the five who were injured has died in hospital as of Friday afternoon. 

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...a four-storey wall of a building under construction at 555 Teeple Terrace collapsed, trapping individuals who were working on site. City of London

EARLIER: A portion of a building under construction collapsed while workers were on site.

The City of London has published a press release detailing the incident.

According to the City, five people have been transported to a hospital, including one without vital signs.

Two more people remain trapped inside the rubble.

The Heavy Urban Search and Rescue (HUSAR) has been deployed to aid in the effort to free the remaining people trapped.

Residents are asked to avoid the area while emergency crews respond.

The situation is still evolving and Narcity will provide updates.

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  • Abby Neufeld
    Abby Neufeld was a writer at Narcity Canada. She received her Bachelor of Arts in English and Professional Communications at the University of Victoria. Her past work has been published in The Toronto Star, Bitch Media, Canadian Dimension, This Magazine, and more. In 2019, Abby co-founded The New Twenties, an environmentally-focused literary and arts magazine.

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