There are 'several people unaccounted for' after a six-story apartment building partially collapsed Sunday evening in Davenport, Iowa.
A six-story apartment building partially collapsed Sunday evening in the eastern Iowa city of Davenport, authorities said. It was not immediately clear if there were any fatalities or how many people might be missing or trapped inside..
The collapse happened shortly before 5 p.m. local time, Davenport Fire Chief Mike Carlsten said. The cause of the collapse was not immediately clear. Specialized rescue teams have been called in to assist with the search of the debris. Crews were going to continue searching throughout the night, Carlsten said.One tenant described a harrowing scene to the paper, saying she managed to get out as"everything just fell down and everything fell on top of me" but her wife and their cats were still inside.
The building's owner had secured permits for repairs on its exterior brick walls, officials said. The owners had two other permits issued for exterior brickwork over the last year, officials said. Falling bricks were reported over the last week from that repair work.
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