article_snippet.sent: The collapsed building, located just behind the university, was covered in scaffolding when disaster struck shortly after 4pm this afternoon.
article_snippet.sent: Parts of scaffolding spill over the barrier around the site and a construction vehicle could also be seen among the piles of rubble .
article_snippet.sent: Workmen have been on site for around five months and demolition was in progress when the collapse occurred.
article_snippet.sent: There's some heavy machinery on seven floors, We use a machine called a muncher that chews through the walls, it's like a big claw, that may have fallen down. '
article_snippet.sent: There's been a lot of building work around here
article_snippet.sent: but I could see there was a digger down amongst the rubble and one or two builders were running around trying to get someone out of a digger. '