One person reported dead after collapse at British power station

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http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/02/23/reports-several-casualties-in-major-british-power-station-explosion.html?intcmp=hplnws

A major incident has been declared and one person has reportedly been killed after a building collapsed at Didcot Power Station.
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Map showing location of the Didcot power plant in Oxforshire, UK.

It follows reports of a loud explosion at the site in south Oxfordshire.

Rodney Rose, deputy leader of Oxfordshire County Council, told the Oxford Mail: "I have been told there has been one fatality, but the rest is currently unknown."

Rose added: "At the moment this is being treated as a collapsed building, not an explosion, but there was a bang."

    #didcot how hard is it to make a power station that doesn't explode every 3 months? pic.twitter.com/aQpUMz2m27
    — matt elkins (@mattelkinss) February 23, 2016

It is unclear whether the collapse was part of planned demolition work at the site.

A Hazardous Area Response Team, six ambulances and two air ambulances have been sent to the scene, South Central Ambulance Service said.

    Not sure the side of that building should be missing. #Didcot pic.twitter.com/MMWgND8fWk
    — Adrian Redhead (@AdyDOT) February 23, 2016

"We are describing it as a major incident," a spokesman said, adding that "there might be casualties".

Pictures from the scene show a large part of the former oil and gas plant on the site - called Didcot A - has collapsed.