More than 81 people have been injured, seven seriously, when part of a theatre in London's West End collapsed onto a packed audience during a performance.
Fire crews had to rescue people from the Apollo theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue, which was showing a performance of the hit show The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time.
— theguardian.com
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Fascinating account. Two apparently separate failures are described, in one case the separation of a balcony parapet from the structure (due, perhaps, to an unusual live load condition) and in the other, a partial collapse of the ceiling. It is not clear if these events happened simultaneously or, if not, in which order.
Yes, it will be interesting to see how this is analyzed and what the conclusions are. Sounds like a lot of people were leaning on and over the balcony railing to see the stage - unusual live load, indeed.
Probably the architect's fault. Let's hoep they got his fingerprints.
lol cashmoney! Ya his fingerprints may show that he is a member of the terrorist group al archi.
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