Scene of building collapse
photo by CFD
White car in the middle was demolished. Three people were in the blue car at the rear at the time of the collapse. They were not injured.
photo by CFD
Before the collapse
Part of a old building on Main Street collapsed Thursday morning, sending bricks onto cars and the sidewalk below.
At 11:35 a.m., firefighters responded to 27 W. Main after Hamilton County 911 received reports from callers about a vehicle being crushed by a third floor wall that had come down into the street.
Squad 1 and the Battalion Chief for District 1 (Blue Shift), along with CFD Special Operations, were on the scene and a building inspector was summoned.
The location is a construction site. A crew had been trying to save the facade of a building by propping it up and constructing an inner porch and new roof after other parts of the building had been allowed to deteriorate.
One vehicle was destroyed and two other parked cars were also damaged by falling debris.
There were three people in the blue vehicle by the building when the wall collapsed. Fortunately, there were no injuries.