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People at a holiday camp where a ceiling collapsed have said it was like "a bomb going off".

About 100 people were in the entertainment hall waiting to play bingo when sections of concrete fell down on Wednesday evening.

Eighteen people needed treatment at the scene, including six who were taken to hospital following the collapse at Pontins Brean Sands, Weston-super-Mare.

A spokesperson for Pontins said they would not be commenting at the moment.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said the matter had been passed to the police and local authority.

Holiday maker Jennifer McGary said: "Our first reaction was that it was a terrorist attack.

"I know it sounds ridiculous but you just heard this loud noise that I can only describe as [like] a bomb going off.

"Suddenly it looked like the entire roof was collapsing - I just ran to grab my 11-year-old off the dance floor and my 15-year-old then tried to get out of there as quickly as I could.

"There were screaming children everywhere, people crying everywhere, there was a boy in a wheelchair outside who was calling for his mum."

Ms McGary added she felt the place "should be shut down".

George Clark was injured by a falling piece of concrete that hit his shoulder.

"I had to throw myself to the ground, and crawl out under the tables - the tables were holding up the weight of the ceiling," he said.

"Everyone just panicked, there were screams, kids crying and shouting, it was just bedlam in there."

'Like a volcano'

Sarah Prosser and her husband were also in the room when the ceiling fell.

"It was like a volcano - all of sudden it erupted, all smoke was there and if I hadn't have moved a concrete slab would have landed on my head and split my head open."

"I wasn't worried about myself, I was worried about the kids, there were small babies in there, there were toddlers in there on the stage.

"There was dust everywhere," she added.

A spokesman for the HSE said: "HSE has informed the police that this is a local authority enforced premises and therefore for the police and local authority to determine who will ultimately investigate."