A neighbour has told of the moment a building collapsed into the street, saying 'I thought it was an earthquake'. Ottman Bouhsiss was watching TV with his wife when the derelict shop next door came crashing down.
Bricks and rubble were strewn across the road and pavement following the collapse in Radcliffe on Sunday night. Police and firefighters were called to the scene on Stand Lane in the town centre at about 9.40pm.
Ottman, 25, whose flat overlooks the shop, said: "I was watching a film with my wife. All of a sudden we heard a huge noise.
