“Absolute disaster”: this is how the city’s Fire Department (FDNY) summarized the partial collapse of a 96-year-old building in the Bronx that left 136 people homeless and miraculously only two slightly injuredMonday afternoon.
The tragedy of homelessness is made worse by cold weather and the calendar on countdown to christmas. In addition, NYC has had its shelter system collapsed since last year due to the massive arrival of immigrants.
The American Red Cross said the 37 families from the collapsed building in Morris Heights were taken to a nearby school and then distributed among hotels in all five boroughs awaiting word on when they will be able to return to their apartments u get a new one, stood out Fox News.
At least 6 homes were completely destroyed and the tragedy was captured on video. The collapse occurred in 1915 Billingsley Terrace near West Burnside Avenue around 3:30 p.m. Monday. The city’s Department of Emergency Management (NYCEM) Commissioner Zach Iscol said that the investigation remains open y The work is just beginning.
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Absolute disaster: To get an understanding of how dire things looked at the partial building collapse at 1915 Billingsley Terrace, check out the view from our FDNY Robotics Unit drones. pic.twitter.com/6W5fLbALSr
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Firefighters confirmed yesterday that they found no one trapped in the huge mound of rubble after a corner of the seven-storey apartment building collapsed, leaving the apartments exposed. Below, a cellar was partially buried under bricks and wood.
During the search for possible victims, firefighters used buckets, power tools and heavy equipment while Officials carefully monitored the parts of the building that remained standing.
“We are digging a tunnel into that pile of rubble as safely as possible,” FDNY Department Chief John Hodgens said yesterday. “Firefighters are currently in a dangerous position. We don’t know what caused this corner of this building to collapse. “We don’t know if any of that (remaining) will collapse.”
A 2020 inspection found cracked bricks and loose and damaged mortar on the facade of the building built in 1927, Department of Buildings (DOB) records show. Commissioner Jimmy Oddo said Monday that Repairs had begun, but no workers were there at the time of the collapse.
“I want to be clear: the unsafe conditions of a façade are not the same as those of an unsafe building,” Oddo said at a press conference. “While the property had seven unresolved violations, they were not structural”.
“Miraculously, no one was seriously injured in the partial building collapse at 1915 Billingsley Terrace. Looking at the scene and the surveillance footage, it could have been much worse. We waited anxiously as @FDNY members methodically walked through the pile of rubble,” wrote the Commissioner Laura Kavanagh Monday night.
2023-12-13 20:03:27
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