Explosion at high-rise building leaves worker injured as emergency services rush to the scene
AN EXPLOSION in a high-rise building in Manchester has left one person injured.
Emergency services including firefighters, paramedics and police rushed to the scene at around 9am this morning.
Specialists are still onsite trying to assess if the structure is still unsafe.
A video filmed by an eyewitness, and posted to Twitter by North West News, shows at least four fire engines stationed outside the building.
Several officers can also been seen walking behind an area cordoned off by police tape.
A GMP spokesman said: “Greater Manchester Police were called to Albion Street in the city centre this morning (Tuesday 4 April 2023) at around 9am to reports of an explosion at a high-rise building.
“Injuries sustained by one of the workers are believed not to be life changing, with emergency services still in attendance to ensure the building is structurally safe with delays expected as a result.”
A fire spokesman said: “GMFRS fire engines and an aerial platform were called to attend a construction site off Albion Street in Manchester shortly after 08.45 this morning, in support of colleagues from North West Ambulance Service.
“Firefighters have now left the scene.”