Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
Street closed after tiles fall
EMERGENCY crews have reopened Reform Street in Dundee after it was sealed off on Saturday afternoon due to falling roof tiles.
The road was closed to vehicles and pedestrians for just under an hour as firefighters removed loose tiles from the roof of a building on the corner of Bank Street.
Maryfield councillor Lynn Short said it was “fortunate” no one in the street was hit by the falling roof material.
A spokesman for the Scottish Fire and Rescue
Service confirmed crews had attended to remove the loose tiles and make the area safe.
The streets surrounding the building were allowed to reopen shortly after 2.15pm.
A Police Scotland spokesman said: “Around 1.40pm on Saturday April 30, police attended the Reform Street area of Dundee, to assist with traffic management following a report of tiles falling from a roof.
“The road reopened around 2.15pm.”
Councillor Lynn Short said she has been in touch with Dundee City Council’s building standards teams.
“I have contacted the teams within building standards to allow them to work with the landlords of the building to bring it up to the correct standard,” she said.
“It was incredibly fortunate that a passer-by was not hit by the loose bits of building and thankfully the emergency services were very quick to make it secure.”