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Building collapses in Manchester city centre

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A building, believed to be Albert House, has partially collapsed in front of witnesses

A “loud bang” was heard in Manchester city centre as a building partially collapsed.

The property is at a demolition site near Bridge Street and Greater Manchester Fire Service (GMFRS) has confirmed no one was in the building at the time.

One witness told the BBC they heard an “almighty crash” as the building came down.

“We turned to look and the building was collapsing. It didn’t look planned, as there was lots of scaffolding still up and there were people in the building next door rushing to the windows to check what happened.

“We moved as soon as we saw the dust cloud coming towards us.”

GMFRS added, crews were called to the scene at about 14:50 GMT.

Steve Wheeler, who was in the building next door, said: “I heard a loud bang. We were all looking at each other wondering what’s that?

“We didn’t think much of it. It sounded like something had landed on the building.”

white scaffolding wrap slides down high -rise building with trees in front and other buildings around

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