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[News] Lewes Castle: Search for casualties after 600 tonne wall collapses



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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-50380681

Emergency teams with sniffer dogs are searching for casualties after a wall at a 1,000-year-old castle collapsed.
About 600 tonnes of stonework and other materials at Lewes Castle in East Sussex fell on to a house and garden.
Emergency services, including a hazardous area response team, are at the scene of the collapse of the 10m (32ft) by 10m structure.
Sussex Police said it was not known if anyone was trapped, adding: "There are no current reports of any injuries."
Sniffer dogs trained for use in earthquake zones have been deployed for the search.
East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service was called to the scene at 12.22pm, along with search and rescue staff.
Incident commander Matt Lloyd said the wall had collapsed into an adjacent garden and house.
 








Springal

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Does that explain the Chinook helicopter that was flying East across Worthing about 1.30pm ?
 
























drew

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Oct 3, 2006
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I can't believe that Sussex Police have sniffer dogs trained for use in earthquake zones. Whats the point in that ?

(apart from today)

Don't understand this? They might be useful in situations where people are possible buried, ie earthquakes, collapsed buildings etc. Not going to be much help if someone's buried and they need to fly a specialist 'dog' in!!!
 




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Don't understand this? They might be useful in situations where people are possible buried, ie earthquakes, collapsed buildings etc. Not going to be much help if someone's buried and they need to fly a specialist 'dog' in!!!

When was the last time a building in Sussex collapsed from an earthquake ?
 


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Algernon

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Don't understand this? They might be useful in situations where people are possible buried, ie earthquakes, collapsed buildings etc. Not going to be much help if someone's buried and they need to fly a specialist 'dog' in!!!

Well I hope they've got one of those avalanche search dogs as well. Just in case, you know.
 


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Oct 18, 2006
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I can't believe that Sussex Police have sniffer dogs trained for use in earthquake zones. Whats the point in that ?

(apart from today)

Snow plough.
 




beorhthelm

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Don't understand this? They might be useful in situations where people are possible buried, ie earthquakes, collapsed buildings etc. Not going to be much help if someone's buried and they need to fly a specialist 'dog' in!!!

they fly in to disaster zones all over the world, why not Sussex? i believe there is/was kennels at Sayers Common as it goes.
 





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