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Updated: 9am
AT LEAST 75 people were injured after a mezzanine floor at Indonesia’s stock exchange building collapsed into the lobby, police said, as victims were carried out of the debris-filled building on stretchers.
“The number of injured… from the floor collapse at the Indonesia Stock Exchange is 75,” national police spokesman Setyo Wasisto told AFP, after an official from the stock exchange had earlier said no one had been killed in the accident.
“We are still investigating the cause, but for now our priorities are the casualties,” Jakarta police spokesman Argo Yuwono told Metro TV.
Footage aired by TV stations showed several people lying on the ground and being carrying outside the building.
The police spokesman did not say how many were injured but added that there were no reports of deaths so far.
Television news footage showed people panicking and screaming as officials tried to evacuate the area amid piles of debris.
A reporter from Metro TV, who was in the building to cover the stock market, said the incident happened shortly after noon local time (5am Irish time).
“There was a loud banging so people who were inside immediately ran outside of the building,” said journalist Marlia Zein.
The structure appeared to be an internal balcony or mezzanine floor.
It collapsed on to the ground level of the complex’s second tower, Indonesian Stock Exchange spokesman Rheza Andhika told Bloomberg, adding that it had not been an explosion.
The Indonesia Stock Exchange is located in the centre of Jakarta, and the local office of the World Bank is also housed on the 12th floor of the complex, according to its website.
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Bring back the pirates. Greatest era of radio in Ireland. Ah the memories :)
@Declan Moran: totally agree radio Nova was brilliant…signal for Christmas fm is very bad in some parts of the country this year for some reason
@Dave Ryan: Agree, last year on 87.7 in North Co.Cork, it was blowing the head off me, this year its weak and hissy at times
@Dave Ryan: ah it was great Dave. Nova, Q102 all the local ones in a lot of county towns. I always wanted to work in radio. The closest I came was playing music over the PA system in secondary school at lunchtime every day with two friends :). But I did spend most Saturdays in the studio of our local station Kiss FM in Tullamore. I was supposed to be gathering sports results but was having a great laugh with the guys on air. Such great times and they had so much freedom to broadcast properly. Today it’s minimum requirements for this and that and repetitive playlists. Haven’t listened to radio in Ireland for such a long time. It’s made up of a lot of shouty presenters with big egos. For me these days it’s spotify, my own collection or a station in Madrid that plays a great mix of music.
Well done to them
If I hear Bruce Springsteen once more I’m switching back to regular stations. They must be playing him twice an hour and it’s a terrible Christmas song.
@Dick Nagle: Have to agree with you on that dick. His shouting would frighten me never mind the kids.
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