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Happens, to begin with you think it's the show. people started climbing over you. we tried to get out. >> reporter: the ceiling was collapsing. >> we heard a creak, and then the ceiling, plaster or something, it slowly -- the whole thing collapsed like that. >> suddenly heard a massive crash, massive section came down. filled with dust straight away. >> then what we. was debris falling on us. a loud bang. debris falling on us. all of a sudden there was a coat of dust that came on us. >> reporter: more than 700 audience members rushing to escape the falling ceiling of this famed theater, more t...

Marci gonzalez has more. >> reporter: an intense rescue effort inside of a theater in london's west end. >> ten square meters of the ornate plaster ceiling falling in the auditorium on top of the audience. >> reporter: part of the ceiling collapsing during the play. crumbling on the 700 people seated in the audience below. >> we heard a creak. and then the ceiling which is presumably plaster or something, it just slowly -- the whole thing just collapsed. just like that. and you couldn't see anything. >> there was a massive crash and massive section of it came down. room filled with dust straig...

Itself. it was a chaotic scene in there. >> we had about 50 firefighters on the scene, fire engines, and a number of specialist understand, so now the understand are making sure that the building is safe before we hand it back to the occupiers. >> what is the situation? are they safe now? >> i can confirm that everybody is out of the building, a number of people are being treated and triaged, and they'll have to give more details about themselves in due course. >> reporter: from what you've seen, can you sigh why the roof collapsed? >> nods from what i've seen so far. it's an ornate plaster ce...