This is the dramatic moment an abandoned building collapses - leaving piles of rubble in the middle of a road.

The shocking mobile phone footage captured by a passerby shows the building on Dale Street, Bradford, West Yorks., fall at around 7.30 am yesterday (Dec 15).

The building had already partially collapsed with debris on the road before it tumbled into the road in a cloud of dust.

The man who recroded the video described how he heard "cracking bricks" just before the structure gave way."

The man - who doesn't want to be named - said: "You could hear the bricks cracking, the pipes falling and then the building came down in an almighty dust cloud."

"There was a massive pile of rubble afterwards."

Prior to the collapse, he said: "I came across rubble in the road."

"You could hear it cracking, the odd brick falling and then it all came tumbling down."

"It's an abandoned building next to a block of flats."

"The police, fire brigade and Council officers were at the scene."

"The Highways department turned up and blocked off the road."

"The structural engineers needed to come out to make it safe, and the Council officers exercised their duty of care to make it safe for the public."

"No one was anywhere near it when it came down."

"The collapse happened at about 7.25am."

A spokesperson for the West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said: "We were called at 6.50am today to reports of an unsafe structure."

"We've got two crews at the scene who are assisting stakeholders including a structural engineer."