Shocked supermarket shoppers had to leave without their groceries when the front facade of the Countdown in Sunnynook collapsed this evening.
Tania Corrigan was in the queue for the check-out when the collapse happened about 6pm.
"Finally get to the queue and there was this almighty crash and the side of the building falls down," she told the Herald.
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"It was a bit surreal really - a bit worrying that someone outside might have got hit by the debris, but it was all okay."