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Worker freed from Hinstock warehouse collapse Worker freed from Hinstock warehouse collapse
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A worker trapped after metal shelving inside a food distribution warehouse collapsed has been freed from the wreckage. A worker trapped under a "huge amount" of cheese after metal shelving inside a food distribution warehouse collapsed has been freed.
The man walked out of the building unhurt after rescue teams spent eight hours trying to free him. The forklift truck driver walked out of the building unhurt after an eight-hour rescue operation.
Rescuers said it appeared as though the man had been saved by the protective cage on the truck.
Rows of metal racking came down in the building on Hatton Road, just outside Hinstock, Shropshire at 9.40am.Rows of metal racking came down in the building on Hatton Road, just outside Hinstock, Shropshire at 9.40am.
Fire crews used drones and cut through the roof to try and locate the missing forklift truck driver. Fire crews used drones and cut through the roof in order to locate the missing forklift truck driver.
The cage on his truck is apparently what saved him, rescuers said.
The search was described as "one of the biggest in their history" by Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service.
Live updates on warehouse collapseLive updates on warehouse collapse
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service described the search as one of the biggest in its history.
The man, who is from Poland, smiled and chatted to paramedics as they checked him over after his ordeal. His family have been told he is safe and well.The man, who is from Poland, smiled and chatted to paramedics as they checked him over after his ordeal. His family have been told he is safe and well.
Shropshire Fire and Rescue spokesman Malcolm Stevenson said a drone had been used to search for the missing worker. His colleague Debbie Belcher said there had been "complete fear and dread" when it emerged he was trapped.
"At this stage we have no idea why the racking inside has collapsed," he said. "I can't imagine what he's been going through," she said.
"The building itself has not collapsed although it has been damaged by the collapsed racking inside. "The sense of relief is just immense. We couldn't have hoped for a better outcome."
"There's a great deal of it." Crews used specialist cutting equipment to get inside the building to try and free the man after the tangled wreckage of shelving proved impossible to navigate.
He described the racking, which was storing cheese, as being like inside "very large warehouses like those of Tesco and Argos, to keep huge amounts of stock." A drone was used to look amongst the shelving for the missing worker. Sniffer dogs from Merseyside also assisted with the search.
An investigation is now under way to determine how the racking collapsed.
Shropshire Fire and Rescue spokesman Malcolm Stevenson described the racking, which was storing cheese, as being like inside "very large warehouses like those of Tesco and Argos, to keep huge amounts of stock."
"It's metal racking, virtually up to the ceiling, pretty high, and it's full of product of various size."It's metal racking, virtually up to the ceiling, pretty high, and it's full of product of various size.
"The racking is organised in corridors. Most of that has fallen over and collapsed.""The racking is organised in corridors. Most of that has fallen over and collapsed."
He said the building, which belongs to haulage company Edwards Transport, was intact but that there had been "bowing to the sides".He said the building, which belongs to haulage company Edwards Transport, was intact but that there had been "bowing to the sides".
At the scene: Nick Southall, BBC Radio Shropshire West Midlands Ambulance Service earlier tweeted one other person had been treated for the effects of shock.
"The racking buckled and it's almost like a pack of cards has imploded inside the unit.
"We can see the pile of pallets, cheese boxes and blue racking which is bent double in places.
"It's a huge task for the fire service."
West Midlands Ambulance Service earlier tweeted one person had been treated for the effects of shock and staff remained at the scene.
A search and rescue dog unit from Merseyside assisted with the search, BBC Radio Shropshire reporter Nick Southall said.