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| Man trapped as building collapses | |
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| A fire service sniffer dog is searching for a man thought to be trapped after the roof of a block of flats caved in the Black Country. | |
| The incident, above an estate agents, happened in High Street, West Bromwich, shortly after midnight. | The incident, above an estate agents, happened in High Street, West Bromwich, shortly after midnight. |
| The weight of the collapsed roof caused the floors below to give way. | |
| Two men were rescued by firefighters and taken to hospital while two others managed to make their own way out of the three-storey building. | |
| The fire service said it thought a fifth person may still be inside. | |
| 'Pancake downwards' | |
| The men taken to hospital suffered minor injuries. | The men taken to hospital suffered minor injuries. |
| A fire service spokesman described the incident as a "catastrophic failure" of the roof, adding: "The roof has collapsed inwards, which has caused the floors below to pancake downwards towards the ground floor." | |
| The cause of the collapse is unknown. | |
| The Carter's Green end of High Street is expected to be closed for much of the morning. | The Carter's Green end of High Street is expected to be closed for much of the morning. |