Thirteen people have been injured after a mezzanine floor collapsed at the Two More Years bar in Hackney Wick, East London.

Emergency services including firefighters and paramedics rushed to the scene after being called at about 16:50 GMT. Firefighters rescued seven people who were trapped in the rubble. According to the paramedics, three people sustained serious injuries, ten more people had minor injuries and four people were taken to the hospital.

London Fire Brigade station commander Sacha Clement said: "Crews used a ladder to bridge between the floor and the internal staircase to get them safely out of the building."

Crews from three fire engines from Homerton, Bethnal Green, and Leyton fire stations and two rescue units from East Ham and Edmonton stations attended the scene.

Hal, a mental health worker and therapist from Stratford, said: "It sounded like a rumbling - a bit like an earthquake. You can't be prepared for anything like this. Thankfully I was able to heave myself out. We all helped each other out."

Another man who was in the venue at the time said it was lucky there were not more people sitting directly under the mezzanine floor that came down. He said: "There was just this sort of cracking sort of noise and dust started coming down. Me and my friend just ran to the side and the whole thing just came down in a matter of seconds."

The bar's management team posted a statement on Instagram that the bar would remain closed for now.