Thirteen people injured after floor collapses at Hackney Wick bar

ITV News Reporter Helen Keenan speaks to those who saw the floor come down, and rushed to help those trapped

Thirteen people were injured after the mezzanine floor in an east London bar collapsed.

The London Ambulance Service (LAS) was called to Two More Years- a bar in Fish Island, Hackney- at around 5pm on Saturday.

LAS said paramedics treated 13 people, of which three had "potentially serious injuries" and another 10 had minor injuries.

Four people were taken to hospital and major trauma centres.

A London Fire Brigade spokesperson earlier confirmed a mezzanine floor in the single story bar had collapsed.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan said that his thoughts are with those affected by the incident, as he expressed his gratitude for the work of the emergency services.

A man who was in the venue at the time told the PA news agency: “There was just this sort of cracking sort of noise and dust started coming down.

“Me and my friend just ran to the side and the whole thing just came down in a matter of seconds.”

The man said it was lucky that there were not more people sitting directly under the mezzanine floor that came down.

He saw one person being brought out on a stretcher and put into an ambulance, but he said most of the injured appeared to have cuts and bruises rather than anything serious.

On Saturday, Clapton Community FC said that some of the spectators and players from their game at Stonewall FC were in the bar when the mezzanine collapsed.

In an updated published the following day, the community football club said three people taken to hospital last night have all been released.

A statement on Two More Years' Instagram account said the venue would remain closed "for now", adding: "our thoughts are with everyone that has been affected".

It added that no one had suffered "any critical injuries".