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The Roof Of The London Apollo Theatre Collapses During A Performance
By Mary Turner (GETTY) – 19 minutes ago*

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Apollo Theatre roof collapse injures 88
Friday, December 20, 2013

Some 88 people were wounded, seven seriously, after part of the roof at London’s Apollo theatre in the West End collapsed last night during a performance.
Emergency services attending the scene at the Apollo Theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue, central London, after part of the roof collapsed during a performance, injuring more than 80, at least seven seriously. Picture: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire
By Ryan Hooper and Laurence Dodds
Police were called to the theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue just after 8.15pm.

The collapse occurred during a performance of The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-time.

Eyewitnesses said they saw people being escorted out of the building, covered in dust and debris.

Halfway through the first half of the show, part of the balcony started creaking before a section of the theatre collapsed. Audience members assumed the noise was part of the show.

Rupert St and Shaftesbury Avenue were filled with evacuated theatre-goers covered in dust, many of whom were bleeding.

Many were crying and trying to make contact with family as some were still trapped inside.

One theatre-goer said: “It was about halfway through the first half of the show and there was a lot of creaking.

“We thought it was part of the scene, it was a seaside scene, but then there was a lot of crashing noise and part of the roof caved in. There was dust everywhere, everybody’s covered in dust. We got out fairly quickly, I think everyone was quite panicked.”

Police were on the scene within minutes and began cordoning off the theatre.

London Fire Brigade said eight fire engines had been sent to the scene.

Simon Usborne, a writer for The Independent, said there was a “cloud” of dust obscuring the stage after parts of masonry appeared to fall away. “There was panic, there was screaming.”

He added that there did not appear to be any sign of damage from the outside of the theatre. The London Fire Brigade said the that theatre was almost full, with “around 700 people” watching the performance.

Khalil Anjarwalla said he, his heavily pregnant wife, and her parents managed to escape from the theatre safely after “kilos of concrete plummeted from the ceiling. We had to get out, calmly. I remember thinking the cloud, the dust — it reminded me of those scenes from 9/11 in the aftermath of the building collapsing”.

Mr Anjarwalla, from Kenya who was visiting his in-laws with his English wife, Aliya, said: “The actors just seemed to run from the stage. They had obviously seen what had happened.”
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