| Shard window cleaner stuck on 72nd floor London Fire Brigade was called at 14:15 BST to reports of a "window cleaner's cradle in a precarious position", but engineers soon made the cradle safe. "The last few days have been windy and it must have been worse up there. It was dangling from quite a thin arm and was a few feet away from the building itself, rocking left, right, up and down" "He wasn't hurt. Ten firefighters were sent to the scene but soon after they arrived the situation was resolved by on-site engineers, the fire brigade said. The 95-storey building, which will be occupied up to the 78th floor, is the tallest in western Europe. "I think it was seen from a helicopter and people panicked unnecessarily. A spokesman for Mace, the main contractor working on the site said: "We can confirm that the wind speeds were well within safe limits and that the building maintenance unit was operating in the right way. An ambulance had also been on standby. On Twitter London Fire Brigade said: "We can all now breathe a sigh of relief". Mace, a contractor for the Shard said wind speeds were "within safe limits". "I filmed it thinking the box was empty. Witness Neil Walsh, 30, a marketing executive from Dartford, Kent, said: "I happened to notice that the window cleaning box was swinging wildly. "It was dangling from quite a thin arm and was a few feet away from the building itself, rocking left, right, up and down. 'Swinging wildly' The spokesman for the Shard said: "The wind got up a little more than we were anticipating and the window cleaner was brought down to ground level. "Nobody was injured and the operatives were able to resume work. " . |
Tuesday 3 July 2012
Shard window cleaner stuck on 72nd floor
