Part of a stadium roof has collapsed in the eastern Dutch city of Enschede, trapping as many as a dozen people in the rubble.
The collapse happened during building work at the FC Twente football stadium."Part of the roof has collapsed. There are people under the rubble," a police spokesman said. The victims are thought to be construction workers.
The roof fell on top of a bank of seats behind one of the goals - Dutch media say two girders had buckled.
"It collapsed with a huge noise like a house of cards," a witness, who saw the incident from an office next to the stadium, told the Dutch news agency ANP.
Rescue teams and helicopters were at the scene.
The Dutch paper De Telegraaf reported that medics said 12 people had been hurt. Police would not confirm that.
No match was being played at the time. The stadium - called Grolsch Veste - is being expanded to accommodate 32,000 fans ahead of the autumn season.
The club's chairman Joop Munsterman is thought to have left the team's pre-season training camp in Zeeland to return to Enschede.
FC Twente are one of the top teams in the Netherlands. In 2010 they won the League One title, and last year came second.
They are playing in the qualifying round of next season's European Champions League and were scheduled to host a match at the Grolsch Veste stadium at the end of July or the beginning of August.
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