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BREAKING NEWS: Part of Jacobs building collapses onto truck [VIDEO]

Five people were treated on scene and transported to hospital.

PARAMEDICS are en route to the site of a building collapse at the corner of Chamberlain and Manchester roads in Jacobs.

Paramedics work hard to rescue the entrapped people

Initial reports by Rescue Care paramedics indicate part of a building has collapsed onto a truck.

The paramedic service’s Garrith Jamieson said there are people entrapped in the rubble. Five people were treated on scene and transported to hospital.

Updates to follow.

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