article_snippet: The property on Rodney Way, Romford collapsed at 6.20am on Tuesday leading the London Fire Brigade to evacuate surrounding residents because of fears of a potential gas leak.
article_snippet: London Fire Brigade was forced to evacuate houses within a 50-metre radius after a gas main was ruptured .
article_snippet: Residents were evacuated and a 50 metre exclusion zone was put in place when the collapse fractured a gas supply.
article_snippet: Fortunately, The house was unoccupied at the time The house collapsed and no-one was injured.
article_snippet: Had The house collapsed when the builders working on The house were inside, the builders working on the house may not have been quite so lucky.'
article_snippet: A London Fire Brigade spokesman said: 'Lady Luck was shining in Romford earlier, a house collapsed and amazingly no-one was injured.'