Man arrested after 36-hour stand-off at Sheffield flats: As it happened
Publicado por: @BBCWorld – Data: 2025-02-10 19:00:00
‘We’ll feed everybody again tonight if needs be’published at 15:09 Greenwich Mean Time 11 February
Dave Edwards
Journalist, BBC Look North
We’ve been hearing more from Ponds Forge Sports Centre, where dozens of residents from the Gateway apartments are staying after being evacuated late last night.
Venue manager Lorenzo Clark said he and his staff have been trying to make people “as comfortable as they can be”.
Reflecting a view we heard from some of the residents earlier, Mr Clark said most people were in a “light-hearted frame of mind”.
Image source, Dave Edwards/BBCLorenzo Clark said contingency plans were in place to look after people for a second night if needed
“The citizens of Sheffield are resilient and they’ve been quite buoyant,” he said.
“It’s a very serious incident and the emergency services are clearly doing the best they can.”
Mr Clark said he had had no indication as to whether or not the residents would need to stay overnight again this evening, but added: “We’re putting plans in place so we can feed everybody we’ve got here tonight as well if needs be.
“We’re calling upon colleagues as well to come in and be available for an overnight stay.”
