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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. Walls and scaffolding of the Bairstow Eves estate agents on West Bromwich's High Street caved in at just before 1200 GMT on Tuesday.
Firefighters say some people have not been accounted for. Search and rescue dogs were drafted in after the latest incident. Stabilisation works had been under way at the site before the latest collapse.
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. In June builder Lakhvir Singh, 47, died when the building first caved in.
The fire service asked for the road to be closed as a precaution while further investigations were carried out, West Midlands Police said.
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Stabilisation works had been under way at the site before the latest collapse. The High Street was shut between Carters Green island and Dartmouth Street, and was expected to be closed until early evening.
The fire service requested the road be closed as a precaution while further investigations were carried out, West Midlands Police said. A spokesperson for 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."
The High Street has been closed between Carters Green island and Dartmouth Street and was expected to be closed until early evening. Mr Singh died after he removed two chimney breasts inside a flat, causing the roof to later collapse on him, an inquest heard last month.
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." He had lived in the flat in High Street with five other people and carried out the work, without planning permission, to create more room.
Mr Singh died after he removed two chimney breasts inside a flat causing the roof to later collapse on him, an inquest heard. The debris fell into the estate agent's office below.
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.