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A fire service search team with specially trained dogs had to be called in after a wall collapsed in Dorset. | A fire service search team with specially trained dogs had to be called in after a wall collapsed in Dorset. |
Thermal-imaging cameras were used to scan the pile of rubble from the wall which is thought to have given way because of a leaking water main. | |
An Urban Search and Rescue team confirmed nobody had been trapped by the collapse at 1440 GMT in Weymouth. | An Urban Search and Rescue team confirmed nobody had been trapped by the collapse at 1440 GMT in Weymouth. |
They were called after water company workers reported hearing several voices just before it collapsed. | They were called after water company workers reported hearing several voices just before it collapsed. |
Keith Bacon, Dorset Fire Service area manager, said "no-one could be sure there weren't people trapped inside". | Keith Bacon, Dorset Fire Service area manager, said "no-one could be sure there weren't people trapped inside". |
Thermal imaging cameras and sound devices in addition to dogs were needed "to ensure that no-one was under the large pile of rubble". | Thermal imaging cameras and sound devices in addition to dogs were needed "to ensure that no-one was under the large pile of rubble". |
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