{"id":2387,"date":"2016-05-07T15:38:45","date_gmt":"2016-05-07T15:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minutes.machine.market\/?p=2387"},"modified":"2016-05-07T15:38:45","modified_gmt":"2016-05-07T15:38:45","slug":"news-politics-football-sport-celebs-tv-film-weird-news-trendinghillsborough-inquestsandy-burnhamroyal-familybhsprince-deadmay-day-technology-money-travel-fashion-mums-home-news-uk-news-fire-rescue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/news-politics-football-sport-celebs-tv-film-weird-news-trendinghillsborough-inquestsandy-burnhamroyal-familybhsprince-deadmay-day-technology-money-travel-fashion-mums-home-news-uk-news-fire-rescue\/","title":{"rendered":"British worker buried underneath 55,000 tonnes of cheese escapes alive after eight hours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/worker-buried-underneath-55000-tonnes-7913233\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mirror UK <\/a>reports Relieved family and colleagues cheered as a \u00adwarehouse worker walked out unscathed after more than eight hours trapped beneath tonnes of cheese.<\/p>\n<p>Forklift truck driver Tomasz Wiszniewski was feared dead when 18-metre high metal shelves carrying 20kg blocks of Cheddar and Red Leicester collapsed today.<\/p>\n<p>But rescue teams using sniffer dogs and a drone found him alive under the mountain of cheese.<\/p>\n<p>Tomasz, who is in his 30s and is due to get married later this year, was last night taken to hospital as a precaution.<\/p>\n<p>Debbie Belcher, 48, the daughter of the firm\u2019s owner Francis Edwards, said: \u201cIt\u2019s a miracle \u2013 he walked out. You can feel here the sense of relief.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"inline-image clearfix \">\n<div class=\"image-credit-wrapper\">\n<div style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cheese is strewn everywhere inside the warehouse\" src=\"http:\/\/i4.mirror.co.uk\/incoming\/article7913291.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/Edwards-Transport2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"409\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cheese is strewn everywhere inside the warehouse<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"inline-image clearfix \">\n<div class=\"image-credit-wrapper\">\n<div style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"captify\" title=\"Dozens of fire crews on the scene at the warehouse where a person was missing\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.mirror.co.uk\/incoming\/article7911629.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/PAY-Hinstock-warehouse_0323.jpg\" alt=\"The Edwards Transport warehouse\" width=\"615\" height=\"442\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dozens of fire crews on the scene at the warehouse where a person was missing<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"inline-image clearfix \">\n<div class=\"image-credit-wrapper\">\n<div style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Emergency crews cut through the wall at Edwards Transport in Hinstock, near Market Drayton, Shrops\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.mirror.co.uk\/incoming\/article7913361.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/Edwards-Transport6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"409\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emergency crews cut through the wall at Edwards Transport in Hinstock, near Market Drayton, Shrops<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe whooped and cheered as he came out, we couldn\u2019t have asked for better. I\u2019m relieved but I know there are two women who will be far more relieved \u2013 his mother and his fiancee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was hope from the start, but this is just a miracle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Emergency teams were called to haulage firm Edwards Transport in Hinstock, Shrops, at 9.41am today.<\/p>\n<p>Tomasz walked free at 6.05pm after an operation involving 13 fire crews.<\/p>\n<p>The Polish national, who lives in Telford, would not comment on his ordeal but rescuers believe the frame of his forklift truck saved him.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"inline-image clearfix \">\n<div class=\"image-credit-wrapper\">\n<div style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Interior of Edwards Transport after the shelving collapse\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.mirror.co.uk\/incoming\/article7913289.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/Edwards-Transport5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"409\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Interior of Edwards Transport after the shelving collapse<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"inline-image clearfix \">\n<div class=\"image-credit-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"image-credit\">Caters<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"captify\" title=\"The racking inside the warehouse collapsed just after 9.40am\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.mirror.co.uk\/incoming\/article7911660.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/PAY-Hinstock-warehouse_0323.jpg\" alt=\"Inside Edwards Transport warehouse\" width=\"615\" height=\"346\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The racking inside the warehouse collapsed just after 9.40am<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"inline-image clearfix \">\n<div class=\"image-credit-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"image-credit\">SWNS<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"captify\" title=\"Exterior aerial views of Edwards Transport after the shelving collapse\" src=\"http:\/\/i4.mirror.co.uk\/incoming\/article7913292.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/Edwards-Transport1.jpg\" alt=\"Exterior aerial views of Edwards Transport after the shelving collapse\" width=\"615\" height=\"409\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Exterior aerial views of Edwards Transport after the shelving collapse<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Deputy Chief Fire Officer Rod Hammerton said getting to the trapped man was like \u201ccrawling over rubble, but rubble made of giant blocks of cheese\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Crews found the best way to safely reach him was to cut a hole in the building\u2019s corrugated metal wall.<\/p>\n<p>After the happy outcome, Mr Hammerton said: \u201cThis really was an incredible operation with over 70 \u00adfirefighters from multiple \u00adagencies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe metal shelving is about 18 metres high, stacked up to the ceiling with 20kg blocks of cheese.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat has collapsed and everyone apart from one man got out.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"inline-image clearfix \">\n<div class=\"image-credit-wrapper\">\n<div style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"captify\" title=\"Inside the Edwards Transport warehouse, which stores 20kg blocks of cheese on huge racks\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.mirror.co.uk\/incoming\/article7911661.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/PAY-Hinstock-warehouse_0323.jpg\" alt=\"Inside Edwards Transport warehouse\" width=\"615\" height=\"345\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inside the Edwards Transport warehouse, which stores 20kg blocks of cheese on huge racks<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption><\/figcaption><div style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"captify\" title=\"Emergency crews cut through the wall\" src=\"http:\/\/i4.mirror.co.uk\/incoming\/article7913293.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/Edwards-Transport.jpg\" alt=\"Emergency crews cut through the wall at Edwards Transport in Hinstock, near Market Drayton, Shrops\" width=\"615\" height=\"409\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emergency crews cut through the wall<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"inline-image clearfix \">\n<div class=\"image-credit-wrapper\">\n<div style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"captify\" title=\"Emergency services are looking for a missing person after the Edwards Transport warehouse collapsed\" src=\"http:\/\/i3.mirror.co.uk\/incoming\/article7910802.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/PAY-Hinstock-warehouse_0324.jpg\" alt=\"The Edwards Transport warehouse\" width=\"615\" height=\"382\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emergency services are looking for a missing person after the Edwards Transport warehouse collapsed<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Co-workers had earlier described how the shelves at the warehouse had tumbled \u201clike dominoes\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>One said: \u201cIt was terrifying. Everybody just ran for their lives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe noise was deafening. it was like a sonic boom or an earthquake.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought the whole place was going to come down and crush us all.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"inline-image clearfix \">\n<div class=\"image-credit-wrapper\">\n<div style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"captify\" title=\"About 13 fire crews are at the scene of Edwards Transport following the collapse at 9.41am\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.mirror.co.uk\/incoming\/article7910801.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/PAY-Hinstock-warehouse_0323.jpg\" alt=\"The Edwards Transport warehouse\" width=\"615\" height=\"410\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">About 13 fire crews are at the scene of Edwards Transport following the collapse at 9.41am<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"inline-image clearfix \">\n<div class=\"image-credit-wrapper\">\n<div style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"captify\" title=\"Fire crews at the scene where one person was treated for shock and one remains unaccounted for\" src=\"http:\/\/i3.mirror.co.uk\/incoming\/article7910800.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/PAY-Hinstock-warehouse_0322.jpg\" alt=\"The Edwards Transport warehouse\" width=\"615\" height=\"452\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fire crews at the scene where one person was treated for shock and one remains unaccounted for<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>An investigation into the incident is under way. Mrs Belcher added: \u201cWe will definitely be looking into what happened, but we have to wait for the reports until we see what happened.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mirror UK reports Relieved family and colleagues cheered as a \u00adwarehouse worker walked out unscathed after more than eight hours trapped beneath tonnes of cheese. Forklift truck driver Tomasz Wiszniewski was feared dead when 18-metre high metal shelves carrying 20kg blocks of Cheddar and Red Leicester collapsed today. 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