Roof Collapse in Reigate - Alexandra Coupland - Reigate Grammar School

Residents were left in shock after a house’s roof, opposite the Upper West Street carpark, collapsed. Witnesses stated the commotion happened during night, and the following morning roof tiles littered the road, forcing police to cordon it off. The threat of the house failing further was prevalent, and so scaffolding has been put in place to support it. When a police officer was questioned on the cause of the collapse he stated, “it was just a very old building. Thankfully no one was