{"id":79585,"date":"2026-04-27T14:44:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T13:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/?p=79585"},"modified":"2026-04-27T14:59:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T13:59:14","slug":"london-road-reopens-after-house-collapse-at-major-junction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/27\/london-road-reopens-after-house-collapse-at-major-junction\/","title":{"rendered":"London Road reopens after house collapse at major junction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A major Sheffield road has partially reopened after a building collapse sent debris into the street early on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>London Road has now been cleared and scaffolding has been erected to prevent further collapse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One lane remains closed while surveyors inspect the property, a residential flat above shops on the corner with Wolseley Road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The shops below include female-only tattoo studio Modelajna Tattoo and Golden Stars Chinese takeaway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emergency services were called to the scene at around 1am on Sunday morning, but nobody was injured in the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several flats were evacuated as a precaution and businesses underneath the flat remain closed today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paula, tattoo artist and business owner of Modelajna Tattoo, posted to Instagram: &#8220;I&#8217;m so incredibly happy that no one was hurt and I&#8217;m hoping people will be able to come back to their homes as soon as possible.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/police-1-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-79602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/police-1-980x551.png 980w, https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/police-1-480x270.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Contractors were inspecting the property today ahead of a meeting to determine the next steps<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sheffield City Council is leading an investigation into the cause of the collapse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They are reportedly meeting with contractors today to establish the next steps for the premises.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>London Road has partially reopened after a building collapse sent debris into the street early on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":267,"featured_media":79600,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,133],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-top-story"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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