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Central London building collapses
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| 2 June 2007, 15:51 GMT 16:51 UK
| BBC News
Posted on 06/12/2007 9:15:37 AM PDT by proxy_user
Part of a four-storey building has collapsed just 100 yards from New Scotland Yard in central London.
The emergency services were called to Dean Farrar Street in Westminster at about 1600 BST on Tuesday.
A BBC reporter at the scene said the whole top floor of the building had been blown away and eyewitnesses say they heard an explosion.
Two urban search and rescue vehicles have been sent to the scene to search for possible casualties.
London Ambulance said there were reports of one casualty at the building which was said to be undergoing renovation.
Eyewitness Barshan Ganwari said he heard a "huge noise" or "a blast" and saw "people running away" from the scene.
TOPICS: United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: collapse; explosion
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To: proxy_user
The police haven’t yet said, “Nothing to see here. Move along.” That probably means it’s not terrorism.
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posted on
06/12/2007 9:23:48 AM PDT
by
Right Wing Assault
("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
To: proxy_user
The apartment building had a faulty center fuel tank.
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posted on
06/12/2007 9:25:59 AM PDT
by
LexBaird
(PR releases are the Chinese dog food of political square meals.)
To: proxy_user
Bush did it. He and Tony Blair needed the space to secretly build a compound to house illegals till they can be shipped to the US.
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posted on
06/12/2007 9:27:21 AM PDT
by
beckysueb
(Pray for our troops , America, and President Bush)
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To: Tijeras_Slim
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posted on
06/12/2007 9:28:50 AM PDT
by
beckysueb
(Pray for our troops , America, and President Bush)
To: beckysueb
To: Tijeras_Slim
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posted on
06/12/2007 9:31:20 AM PDT
by
beckysueb
(Pray for our troops , America, and President Bush)
To: proxy_user
Prayers to people of England who are involved in this. Pray for all to survive.
To: Tijeras_Slim
Coincidence??????
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posted on
06/12/2007 9:31:56 AM PDT
by
Cyber Liberty
(Did Dennis Kucinich always look like that or did he have to submit to a series of shots? [firehat])
To: mewzilla
Scattered debris lie on Dean Farrar Street from the collapse (www.thisislondon.co.uk)
Looks like some scattered debris on that windshield.
To: beckysueb
Bush did it. He and Tony Blair needed the space to secretly build a compound to house illegals till they can be shipped to the US.MIHOP!!!!
No doubt they will give a no-bid contract to Haliburton to do the rebuilding.
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posted on
06/12/2007 9:34:13 AM PDT
by
lowbridge
("The mainstream media IS the Democratic Party." - Rush Limbaugh)
To: proxy_user
OK, you guys who like to blame everything on terrorists, here you go.You are the idiot that posted this in BREAKING NEWS.
It isn't.
So can we blame you for being an idiot, or should we blame your parents?
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posted on
06/12/2007 9:34:28 AM PDT
by
P-Marlowe
(LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
To: proxy_user
Never mind that the building was undergoing renovation, speculate away. Perhaps it was blocking the view of a mosque.
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posted on
06/12/2007 9:37:42 AM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: non-anonymous
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posted on
06/12/2007 9:37:44 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: proxy_user
Was there a guy on the grassy knoll?.............
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posted on
06/12/2007 9:38:12 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Bite your tongue. It tastes a lot better than crow................)
To: Lazamataz
MERROTISM!!!
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posted on
06/12/2007 9:38:43 AM PDT
by
Jeff Head
(Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
To: proxy_user
Don’t worry Proxy, it is breaking news, it’s good to warn the terror promoters, and Marlowe is the one who had piss in his/her Wheaties.
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posted on
06/12/2007 9:39:00 AM PDT
by
Rennes Templar
("The future ain't what it used to be".........Yogi Berra)
To: proxy_user
Um you didn't phrase the title right. It should have read
BREAKING: LONDON BUILDING COLLAPSES NEAR SCOTLAND YARD (NO NEWS ISLAMONAZI ALERT!!)
followed by:
Sky News hasn't reported anything yet so I know it must be terrorists
And then hours later when Sky News realizes they've scared everybody they can and finally admit it was probably just a construction accident, it will have whipped up the proper amount of 'vigilance' and at least 1000 more people claiming 'Londonistan' will be run by Muslim clerics next week.
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posted on
06/12/2007 9:39:04 AM PDT
by
billbears
(Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it. --Santayana)
To: proxy_user
Aside from all the remarks back and forth...was anyone hurt?
To: Rennes Templar
Yes, it was posted about 75 minutes after the explosion. You just can’t satisfy some guys.
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