A ROOF collapse at a Pontins Holiday park during a half-term show last night left 18 people injured – with six needing hospital treatment.
Horrified witnesses told how debris rained down as about 100 people gathered in the entertainment centre of the Brean Sands resort near Weston-super-Mare, Somerset.
Laura Robinson, whose family of five children are at the site, told the BBC: “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.”
Another woman said: “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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The collapse took place in one of the main rooms at the complex as families settled in to play bingo and kids were being treated to a show.
One stunned guest described it as “like a terror attack” – adding she was worried children would be injured.
And a mum said: “We have all been sent back to the chalets, I saw the ceiling come down.
“Emergency services are on site, and we are waiting to hear any news.
“My main priority was get my 5 kids out. I know air ambulance has been out.”
A spokesman for Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said ducting fell from the roof – exposing dangerous live electrical wires.
Alarms were going off, screaming and the roof was all on the floor. They’re all outside now not allowed to leave, people being sick, crying, screaming from people stuck apparently.
Stunned witness
Lisa Cook told the site she was hit by some falling debris as the roof caved in.
She said: “I’d just bought a bingo ticket and had moved into the entertainment area.
“Something fell from the roof and scraped the side of my neck but missed my head – I’m lucky, really.
“It happened about an hour ago.”
Former New Zealand cricketer Iain O’Brian wrote on Twitter: “Arrived back to Pontins Brean Sands this afternoon, after a day out, to a major site panic.
“Sirens now, helecoptors circling. Hope everyone is OK! It makes the leaky toilet in our room rather insignificant.”
He later posted: “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.”
‘NO ONE WAS TRAPPED’
A statement from the Avon and Somerset Police said: “Shortly before 6.30pm this evening emergency services were called to Brean Sands Holiday Park in Brean following reports a ceiling had collapsed inside a building.
“A number of people suffered minor injuries in the incident but thankfully no one was seriously hurt.
“A search of the scene has been carried out and we can confirm no one was trapped under the debris.
“The Health and Safety Executive have been informed.”
One person staying at the holiday park said he thought the main club house roof has collapsed, and he thought Pontins would ask people to go home.
And a woman told Bristol Live: “Pontins Brean Sands roof has just collapsed, kids trapped under it.
“Alarms were going off, screaming and the roof was all on the floor.
“They’re all outside now not allowed to leave, people being sick, crying, screaming from people stuck apparently.”
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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.
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