A BUILDING in Derby has "partially collapsed" according to police.
Officers were called to the scene on Gerard Street in the centre of the city at 4.20pm after part of the building collapsed.
It was in the process of being demolished however part of the building collapsed requiring the assistance of the emergency services.
Police officers and firefighters are on the scene making sure the building is safe while they wait for a surveyor.
It is not believed that anyone was inside the building.
Thomas Watson, of Eley Walk, heard the moment the building collapsed.
The 56-year-old said: "There was an enormous crash. I thought there had been an accident but then I saw a big cloud of dust.
"There had been people doing work on it this morning but I didn't see anyone there this afternoon."
The building collapsed into a courtyard which was also disused.
According to locals the premises had previously been a furniture store.
