One man has been injured and taken to hospital following a forklift truck hitting a block of maisonettes in Chesterton Close in Greenford on Tuesday (5 July 2022)
Firefighters were called at 2.54pm after a forklift truck fell onto a building and crews from Southall, Northolt and Park Royal attended the incident which was over for the firefighters by 3.58pm.
Sub Officer Cam Bee, who was at the scene, said: “Crews arrived on scene to find that the large forklift had overturned and come to rest on a first floor window. Fortunately it had landed on a non-load bearing part of the building so damage to the maisonettes was limited to that area, rather than affecting the whole structure of the block. Crews made the scene safe and a 25m cordon was put in place as a precaution.”
He added: “This isn’t an every day sort of job for firefighters and just goes to show the range of incidents our crews attend.”
