Roof collapse at Twente stadium (1 Viewer)

Part of FC Twente's Grolsch Veste stadium has collapsed, trapping an unknown number of people under the rubble.

The Enschede venue was in the process of undergoing renovation when the roof of a stand caved in on Thursday morning.

Pictures appear to show part of the roof at one end of the ground has come down and initial reports suggest there may be casualties.

Dutch news agency ANP reported that a large number of police, fire services and ambulances had arrived at the scene.

A spokesman for the Twente regional police force said: "We do not have many details at the moment, the only thing we can say is that we have quite a big situation.

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"Part of the tribune has collapsed, so we have some people beneath it and we have got some people (police officers) there at the moment.

"We can't say any more about what is going on because we have had no contact from our people from our station who are there at the moment."

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The spokesman could not comment on whether anyone had been killed or injured.

He added that the roof's partial collapse was probably related to construction work at the stadium.

The work was being carried out as part of the club's development of their stadium to a 32,000-seat arena. The capacity was just 13,500 when the Enschede side moved to the venue in 1998.