A multi-million dollar London mansion owned by the family of a Hollywood film mogul has collapsed during building work.
The collapsed home - worth an estimated $11 million on completion of the work - is owned by the family of film executive Arthur Abeles, who founded United International Pictures in the 1960s.
Emergency services made neighbouring properties safe after the house at Durham Place in Chelsea collapsed on Tuesday night (UK time).
Celebrities and tycoons such as Mick Jagger and Roman Abramovich live near the exclusive west London street.
Two mid-terraced houses of four floors which were under refurbishment collapsed to the ground, London Fire Brigade said.
"There was a total collapse of the building from the roof to ground level," London Fire Brigade Station Commander Jason Jones said.
"Firefighters worked to make the scene safe and our drone team carried out a search."
https://twitter.com/LondonFire/status/1323590067508645888?ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwMr Jones said no injuries were reported and no one was believed to be inside during the incident.
One close neighbour told the Telegraph how he was woken by what he thought was a loud thunderclap.
"There was just a huge thud. I thought it was thunder but there was only the one loud thud. It wasn't until the morning on my way to work that I saw the building had collapsed," the neighbour said.
The local council said building work was taking place after planning permission was permitted for a three-metre extension to the lower ground basement of the house, along with a new upper terrace.
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