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Residents forced to leave as house wall collapses

News imageIsland Echo Side view of pale brick and stone house with white windows. A large section of a wall has collapsed onto a car parked below.Island Echo
The exterior wall came down scattering bricks and debris onto two cars parked on the drive

The collapse of a house's exterior wall has sent bricks and debris toppling onto two cars and resulted in residents being forced to leave.

Firefighters were called to the home on Melville Street in Sandown, Isle of Wight, at about 07:30 GMT.

Crews reported that an entire section of the wall, running from the top to the bottom, had collapsed onto the driveway

The building has been cordoned off, and the collapse is set to be investigated.

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