Firefighters work to free trapped residents after crane collapse in Bow, east London
Media playback is unsupported on your deviceA crane has collapsed on to two terraced houses in east London leaving residents trapped inside.
A 20m crane crashed on to the properties and a block of flats under development in Gale Street, Bow, just before 14:40 BST.A police blockade is in place and motorists are advised to avoid the area.A video posted on social media showed a terraced house with part of the roof collapsed.London Ambulance Service tweeted to say it had"a number of crews and specialist resources" at the scene.
LFB Assistant commissioner, Graham Ellis, said securing the house will be a"complex rescue operation".
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