LIVE UPDATE: All the latest news as Reading building site collapses.
Three people have been treated for injuries at the scene and have been taken to the Royal Berkshire Hospital, police have confirmed.
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A spokesperson from SCAS said earlier: "We received multiple 999 calls just after 11:15 all reporting that scaffolding had collapsed from the front of Greyfriars House, Greyfriars Road, Reading, with some of the calls suggesting one or two people had been buried by the collapsed structure.
"We currently have a paramedic team leader in a rapid response vehicle and an ambulance at the scene and our Hazardous Area Response Team are en route along with a further two ambulances.
"Our staff are currently assessing two patients – one with chest pains and one with a head injury – and the Fire Service are using their thermal imaging equipment to search the collapsed scaffolding."
More information to follow as we get it.
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