Breaking Niews: alcony Collapses During a Performance at London’s Apollo Theatre
Reports are coming in of a terrifying balcony collapse at the Apollo Theatre in London’s West End on December 19. According to the Guardian, police were called to the theater shortly after 8:15PM (3:15 EST) during a performance of the hit play The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.
News of the collapse first surfaced on Twitter, with @breakingnewsuk reporting that theatergoers found themselves trapped in the theater and that eight fire engines rushed to the scene. Unspecified injuries have been reported. Some audience members were escorted from the building covered in dust and debris. ITV News reports that eyewitnesses described a "curtain of dust" falling inside the ehater amid an "extraordinary" sound during the collapse.
The London Fire Bridgade stated that a portion of the theatre's domed ceiling collapse, taking with it part of the lighting rigging for the production. Kingsland Station manager Nick Harding stated, "A section of the theatre's ceiling collapsed onto the audience who were watching the show. The ceiling took parts of the balconies down with it."
Police said that all those intitially trapped in the collapse have now been freed by first responders. No fatalities have been reported and authorities are currently awaiting a full structural assessment of building.