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| Lewes Castle: Search for casualties after 600 tonne wall collapses | Lewes Castle: Search for casualties after 600 tonne wall collapses |
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| 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." | 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. | 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. | Incident commander Matt Lloyd said the wall had collapsed into an adjacent garden and house. |
| The wall was reportedly undergoing work to remove ivy in recent weeks. | The wall was reportedly undergoing work to remove ivy in recent weeks. |
| A fire service spokesman said: "Firefighters are working alongside other emergency services to check the area to ensure that no one needs rescuing." | |
| A spokeswoman for castle owners Sussex Archeological Society said the wall that collapsed was privately-owned and the section that had fallen was part of the curtain wall that ran round the entire outside of the medieval landmark. | |
| It was one of the last remaining sections of the historic defence wall, she said, adding: "There's not much of it left standing. It's one of the last sections that was still at full height." | |
| Staff at the castle closed the attraction on Monday as a precautionary measure, the spokeswoman said. | |
| She said the castle walls that are owned by the archaeological society are checked independently on an annual basis. | |
| Several parts of the castle structure are privately owned by different property owners. | |
| Lewes District Council said officers from its building control team were at the scene and liaising with emergency services. | Lewes District Council said officers from its building control team were at the scene and liaising with emergency services. |