Firefighters said they didn’t find anybody trapped in an enormous mound of rubble after a corner of a seven-story Bronx apartment building collapsed, leaving apartments exposed like a stack of shelves and a convenience store partly buried under bricks and wood.
Video from a New York bus’s dashcam released by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority shows the moment when debris fell to the street.
Firefighters spent hours searching a pile of debris that was 12 feet (3.6 meters) high in spots, the fire department reported on social media late Monday night.
No victims were found but two people received minor injuries while evacuating the damaged building, the department said.
During the search, firefighters used buckets, power tools and heavy equipment while officials kept a watchful eye on the portions of the building that remained standing.
Officials were looking into what caused the collapse.
The 1927 building has been undergoing facade repairs.
Buildings Commissioner James Oddo says there were seven unresolved violations pending at the property, but they weren’t structural.
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