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| Wrexham building demolished after sudden collapse | Wrexham building demolished after sudden collapse |
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| A building has been demolished after its sudden collapse in Wrexham. | A building has been demolished after its sudden collapse in Wrexham. |
| Nobody was hurt when the derelict property collapsed at Pen Y Bryn on Sunday at about 17:00 GMT. | Nobody was hurt when the derelict property collapsed at Pen Y Bryn on Sunday at about 17:00 GMT. |
| The A5152 road was shut between Tenters Square and Chapel Street to allow for the demolition overnight. | The A5152 road was shut between Tenters Square and Chapel Street to allow for the demolition overnight. |
| "It's quite scary really as it was a major collapse... on to the footway and the road", said Wrexham council leader Mark Pritchard. | |
| He said an investigation was under way to understand what happened to cause the privately-owned building to collapse. | |
| He thanked contractors for working through the night to complete the demolition of the rest of the building. | |
| "It's so important to find out the reason why it did collapse," he said. | |
| CCTV footage confirmed no pedestrians were in the area at the time, said North Wales Police. | CCTV footage confirmed no pedestrians were in the area at the time, said North Wales Police. |
| A police helicopter used special heat-seeking equipment to search the site while North Wales Fire and Rescue Service also used sound equipment to check no one was beneath the rubble. |