We were just writing about one Ohio town’s careful preparations and protections against possible building collapse injuries in case two partially collapsed structures on the town’s Main Street deteriorated further. But our apartment building collapse attorneys emphasize that you aren’t always allowed the luxury of preparation.
Today’s news was filled with accounts of a devastating apartment building explosion, fire, and collapse in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Around 8 a.m. on New Year’s Day, a blast ripped through a three-story apartment building on Cedar Avenue South. It’s not yet clear what caused the explosion: a gas leak, accidental ignition of an ill-advised New Year’s fireworks stash, a failed attempt to make drugs, terrorism, someone setting off two dozen bug bombs, or some other thing.
But at least 13 people have suffered severely for someone else’s mistake and negligence. Six of them are in critical condition from the disaster. These people have been conveyed to the hospital with serious burns and trauma injuries. Some of the injuries occurred as people jumped from the blazing building.
The first floor of the building is a grocery, with 10 apartments on the second and third floors. News accounts of the incident did not state on which floor the explosion and fire originated. The second and third floors of the building have already collapsed from the devastation, and some residents of the building have reportedly not been accounted for. (KARE News and Michael Sheridan, New York Daily News, 1/1/14)
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