Celling collapses at Brockworth Toby Carvery restaurant
Two people were taken to hospital
Two people have been taken to hospital after a partial celling collapse at a Toby Carvery restaurant in Brockworth.
Pictures of the incident show a section of the celling missing, with debris on the floor and tables, where diners were sitting nearby.
Emergency services were called to the scene just after 6pm yesterday evening..
Repair works are ongoing at the site this morning, with Toby Carvery saying a date for re-opening will be confirmed in due course.
A spokesperson for Toby Carvery, said: "We can confirm that a small section of our Brockworth restaurant has been affected by damage to the ceiling. As a precaution we immediately evacuated the restaurant and called on the support of the emergency services to assess the building and guests who were dining in the vicinity.
"Following this assessment the building has been confirmed as being safe to use and our maintenance contractors will be on site imminently to carry out repairs. Whilst we were grateful to hear from the emergency services that incident did not cause harm to any guests, we apologise to all guests impacted and our care team will be contacting them directly over the coming days."
A spokesperson for the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) added: “We were called at 18:08hrs on Sunday 28 September to an incident in Gloucester. We sent one double-crewed land ambulance, an operations officer, and a tactical commander to the scene. We conveyed two patients by land ambulance to Gloucester Royal Hospital.”