Walkway smashes into Shaw’s Amusements Cheshire

20/03/2013

Two trapped residents were rescued after a walkway connecting flats collapsed onto Shaw’s amusement arcade in Cheshire.

Firefighters were called yesterday to Fountains Court, Winsford. The men were trapped in a row of twelve flats above Winsford Cross Shopping Centre. Crews evacuated shops near Shaw’s Amusements within the shopping centre and cordoned off the scene.

The fire service said there were no reports of any casualties. Veysel Komurcu, one of the residents in the flats above, was trapped for twenty minutes and was rescued through window. He said: “There was a big noise, I opened the door and the balcony had gone. I was scared the whole house was going to go.”

“We are working to ascertain whether there will be further collapse, but at this moment in time we do not believe that will be the situation