A building has collapsed in Sydney‘s inner-city suburb of Ultimo, injuring multiple people and sparking a major emergency response.
Part of a wall collapsed near a Shell service station on Wattle Street shortly before 11am on Monday, trapping several workers beneath the rubble.
Debris from the wall had also crashed into vehicles parked nearby the service station, including a Modus Projects ute.
NSW Ambulance told Daily Mail a man in his 60s was taken to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and a man in his 30s was transported to St Vincent’s Hospital, both in a serious condition, while five others were assessed at the scene.
The collapse is being treated as a possible workplace incident.
Footage shows two paramedics talking to a man in blue, who appears to be a tradie, sitting down on the kerb with a towel around his neck, before leading him into an ambulance.
A bystander said he had been parked beneath the wall just minutes before it collapsed.
‘I heard a lot of not normal noise, so I moved my scooter and two minutes later, the wall fell,’ he said.
A building has collapsed in Sydney’s inner-city suburb of Ultimo, injuring multiple people and sparking a major emergency response
Part of a wall collapsed near a Shell service station on Wattle Street shortly before 11am on Monday, trapping several workers beneath the rubble
Debris had also crashed into vehicles parked nearby the service station
A bystander said he had been parked beneath the wall just minutes before it collapsed
‘I was shocked and surprised.
‘I feel lucky, but I hope the people who are injured will be safe.’
A NSW fire department spokesman said the service station was shut down and ‘the buildings around have been evacuated’.
The building was previously used as a rehearsal studio and had been approved for demolition to make way for a multi-storey mixed-use development.
Daily Mail has contacted SafeWork NSW for comment.
