{"id":617673,"date":"2025-12-07T09:51:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T09:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/617673\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T09:51:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T09:51:14","slug":"two-taken-to-hospital-after-stall-collapses-at-leeds-christmas-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/617673\/","title":{"rendered":"Two taken to hospital after stall collapses at Leeds Christmas Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The market was closed for safety reasons following the collapse<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0_market-collapseJPG.jpg\" alt=\"Leeds Christmas Market stall collapse\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Leeds Christmas Market stall collapse(Image: Tania Panesar)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">Two people were taken to hospital after a stall on <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/leeds\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds<\/a> Christmas Market collapsed. The market was closed for safety reasons after the Ranch Bar stall, in City Square, came crashing down on Friday evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">The stall&#8217;s collapse was caught on camera by a passer-by at about 5.40pm. Two people were taken to hospital as a precaution.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">After the market structures were investigated for further weaknesses, the market operators were &#8216;content&#8217; to reopen the market today (Saturday, December 6) &#8211; but the Ranch Bar has remained closed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">A Market Place spokesperson said: &#8220;Leeds <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/christmas\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Christmas<\/a> Market on City Square closed last evening after an incident involving the partial collapse of a small section of roof in the Ranch Bar. The Market was immediately closed for the safety of visitors and traders.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765101074_124_0_market-collapseJPG.jpg\" alt=\"Leeds Christmas Market stall collapse\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Leeds Christmas Market stall collapse(Image: Tania Panesar)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">&#8220;Those at the scene were understandably shaken, thankfully no one incurred serious injury, however two individuals were assisted in being transported to hospital via taxi as a precaution.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">&#8220;An investigation as to the cause of the incident was immediately undertaken and review of all structures in the market took place. Operators are now content that the City Square&#8217;s attractions are safe to open as normal today. The Ranch Bar will remain closed until a follow up inspection and repairs are completed.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The market was closed for safety reasons following the collapseLeeds Christmas Market stall collapse(Image: Tania Panesar) Two people&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":617674,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,35745,393,4884,1860,16,15,2302],"class_list":{"0":"post-617673","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-christmas","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-leeds","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-yorkshire"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115677671953347028","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=617673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/617674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}