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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Lydia Chantler-Hicks

Stoke Newington High St closed for another week after partial building collapse

A busy north London high street is to remain shut for another week after a building partially collapsed on Friday morning.

Firefighters and paramedics rushed to Stoke Newington High Street after masonry and scaffolding came crashing down, engulfing an Afro-Caribbean greengrocer - while eyewitnesses reported seeing a “huge ball of orange dust” and said it was “like a bomb that had gone off”.

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