People rescued after staircase collapse in Bath
Fire crews had to rescue people from a building in Bath after the stairs collapsed yesterday.
The four-storey building at Albion Place in Upper Bristol Road is divided into flats, and the stairs collapsed between the first and second floors.
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Avon Fire and Rescue
Crews were called at 3.50pm, and had to rescue four people and a dog using a turntable ladder.
One woman was treated at the scene by a paramedic in a rapid response vehicle, but did not need hospital treatment.
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The road was closed for about an hour while the rescue took place.
The building was then handed over to a surveyor from Bath and North East Somerset Council, to ensure work was done to make it safe.
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Comments
by Elsewhereman
Monday, September 17 2012, 7:20PM
“"Crews were called at 3.50pm, and had to rescue four people and a dog using a turntable ladder."
Clever dog ... but it would perhaps have been better if the fireman had been using the ladder to rescue both the people and the dog.”