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Pontins Brean roof collapse: children filmed screaming in terror after roof caves in at Somerset holiday park

Children survey the aftermath of the collapse (Picture: @AndrewHaughton5/Twitter)

This is the terrifying moment children were left screaming in terror after a ceiling collapsed at a Pontins holiday park.

The ceiling fell in at a building at the Pontins Brean Sands Holiday Park in Somerset on Wednesday evening.

In the footage, dozens of people including young children, can be heard shrieking while surrounded by debris.

In another picture from the scene, one girl can be seen with her hands on her head, seemingly in disbelief.

Children survey the aftermath of the collapse (@AndrewHaughton5/Twitter)

Onlooker Andrew Haughton said horrified parents had grabbed their children and fled in the confusion.

In total, 18 people were treated for minor injuries, with six taken to hospital.

People stand at the entrance to Pontin Brean Sands Holiday Park after the collapse (PA)

Avon and Somerset Police confirmed a “number of people suffered minor injuries”, but that no one was seriously hurt.

Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said a "section of ducting collapsed into the bar area of a building".

The Health and Safety Executive has been informed of the incident.

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