One Dead, Three Missing, In Didcot Power Station Building Collapse

One Dead, Three Missing, In Didcot Power Station Building Collapse

One person is dead, three are missing and five are in hospital following a building collapse at Didcot Power Station.

Emergency services declared a "major incident" after being called to the scene in south Oxfordshire at 4pm.

The collapse happened at the former coal-fired Didcot A plant, which closed in 2013 and was in the process of being demolished.

Area manager Mat Carlile, from Thames Valley Fire Control Service, said: "I can confirm search operations are in progress and that there has been one fatality, five persons have been taken to hospital and three persons are currently missing."

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