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Pontins Brean Sands: Ceiling collapse injures 18

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Ducting collapsed in the roof of a bar, the fire service said

Eighteen people have been treated, including six who were taken to hospital, after part of a ceiling fell down at a holiday camp in Somerset.

The collapse happened at Pontins Brean Sands, near Weston-super-Mare, at about 18:20 GMT, the fire service said.

It said structural ducting and ceiling sections collapsed in a bar area "exposing live damaged electrics".

A "number of people" suffered minor injuries but no-one was seriously hurt, Avon and Somerset Police said.

South Western Ambulance Service said 18 people had been treated.

Police said that a search of the scene had been carried out and confirmed that no-one was trapped under the debris.

The Health and Safety Executive has been informed of the incident.

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Laura Robinson, whose family of five children are at the site, said about 100 people were inside the building at the time of the collapse.

She said: "We were in the family clubhouse, suddenly part of the roof [came] down halfway across the room, all across tables and people.

"It has come straight down over the tables in a long line.

"I heard this cracking noise and looked up and part of it's coming down and then the whole way along it went."

One woman told the BBC: "If I wouldn't have moved a big slab of concrete would have landed on my head and split my head open.

"It landed right by my feet."

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South Western Ambulance Service said 18 people had been treated

Former New Zealand cricketer Iain O'Brien said on Twitter: "Arrived back to Pontins Brean Sands this afternoon, after a day out, to a major site panic.

"Word is, and hopefully it's accurate, no-one seriously hurt.

"Serious amount of emergency services here. Staff very shaken and look like they could do with a hug or two.

Another man told the BBC: "My wife just ran out of the way of it.

"The seat where it went down on was the seat I was going to be because my coat was on the chair, so I had to pull my coat out."

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The scene was made safe by fire crews

Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said in a statement: "The incident involved the collapse of approximately 40m of structural ducting and ceiling sections, exposing live damaged electrics and making the scene unstable.

"Fire crews used eight high-pressure airbags and small tools to establish that no persons were trapped beneath the collapse."

The scene was made safe and fire crews had left the scene, they added.