3 workers injured in downtown Vancouver construction site accident

Three workers have suffered non-life threatening injuries at a construction site accident in downtown Vancouver.

Vancouver Fire Rescue Services Assistant Capt.Jarret Gray told CBCNewsthe men were hurt when the facade of a building at the corner Nelson and Burrard streetscollapsed, taking with it the scaffolding they were on.

One of the workers was partially buried by the debris and had to be extracted.

Gray said the men fell about three to 4.5metresonto a second-floor balcony.

Rescuers had to climb fire truck ladders to reach them before all were lowered in a box attached to a construction crane.

Thethree injured were taken to hospital. All other workers have been accounted for, according to Gray.

Vancouver Fire Rescue Servicessaid the collapse happened at the First Baptist Church.

The incident temporarily closed Thurlow Street between Nelsonand Smithestreets in downtown Vancouver.