Emergency services rushed to a block of flats in St Ives, Cornwall, on Sunday evening after a stairway collapsed, leaving two people seriously injured and one being airlifted to hospital. A staircase has collapsed in St Ives, Cornwall (Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Several individuals have been gravely injured following the collapse of a stairway at a block of flats in St Ives on Sunday , August 31. ‌

Emergency services were swiftly dispatched to a property on Carthew Terrace around 7pm after receiving reports of the incident. ‌

The collapse has resulted in serious injuries , with one individual being airlifted to Derriford Hospital. The Health and Safety Executive is currently investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident, with Devon and Cornwall Police p

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