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| Building caves in for second time | |
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| A high street in the West Midlands has been cordoned off after a building collapsed for the second time. | A high street in the West Midlands has been cordoned off after a building collapsed for the second time. |
| Walls and scaffolding of the Bairstow Eves estate agents on High Street in West Bromwich caved in at just before 1200 GMT on Tuesday. | |
| Firefighters say some people have not been accounted for. | |
| In June a builder, Lakhvir Singh, 47, died when the building first caved in. Search and rescue dogs have been drafted in after the latest incident. | |
| Chimney breasts | |
| Stabilisation works had been under way at the site before the latest collapse. | |
| The fire service requested the road be closed as a precaution while further investigations were carried out, West Midlands Police said. | |
| The High Street has been closed between Carters Green island and Dartmouth Street and was expected to be closed until early evening. | |
| West Midlands Police said: "We apologise for any inconvenience or upheaval this may cause local residents and businesses and thank people for their co-operation." | |
| Mr Singh died after he removed two chimney breasts inside a flat causing the roof to later collapse on him, an inquest heard. | |
| He lived in the flat in High Street with five other people and did the work, without planning permission, to make more room. | |
| The debris fell into an estate agent's office below. | |
| A narrative verdict was recorded. |