Bow crane collapse: Rescuers search for missing person as several injured

One person is missing and several have been injured after a crane collapsed on houses in east London.

London Fire Brigade (LFB) tweeted that it was “working to free people trapped inside” after the 20-meter crane came down on Wednesday afternoon.

It collapsed on two terraced houses in Compton Street in Bow, and onto a block of flats under development.

“Our urban search and rescue crews are undertaking a complex rescue operation and using specialist equipment to search the properties,” said assistant commissioner Graham Ellis.

An LFB spokesman later said crews were still searching for one person, believed to be an adult.

Four people were treated by London Ambulance Service, with two taken to hospital after sustaining head injuries and the other two “assessed at the scene”.

Motiur Rahman – who lives on Compton Close – say: “The whole roof of my house is gone. It’s all twisted. I’ve had quite a shock.