An eighth person was rescued overnight from a partial apartment building collapse in Davenport, Iowa, officials said, adding that no one appears to remain missing. https://t.co/v8RCTc6AHp
#BREAKING: A Large apartment Building has partially collapses with reports of residents possibly trapped inside
⁰#Davenport | #Iowa⁰⁰Authorities are presently at the location of a building collapse in Davenport, Iowa after a significant apartment building has experienced… pic.twitter.com/WJmxFzxWXi
Hesitant to post this, but here is a screen grab from today's apartment building collapse in #Davenport, #Iowa. Absolutely gut wrenching. Please pray for these people. pic.twitter.com/tQoVQXwjwz
These are the devastating images from the News 8 Drone at about 6:30 p.m. after an apartment building collapsed in downtown Davenport. We are working hard to gather as much information as we can about what happened and who's impacted. @wqadpic.twitter.com/jXJ8cu7w4e
美国爱荷华州达文波特一处公寓28日晚间惊传坍塌,目前救援工作正在进行,当局透露有1名伤者在现场接受治疗,但并未详细说明受伤人数。
美国爱荷华州(Iowa)达文波特(Davenport)一处公寓28日晚间惊传坍塌,目前救援工作正在进行,当局透露有1名伤者在现场接受治疗,但并未详细说明受伤人数。
美联社报导,救援人员28日下午5点左右接到报案并赶到现场,达文波特消防局长卡斯腾(Michael Carlsten)透露“这栋6层楼高的公寓后半部倒塌并与大楼分离”,并补充说“大楼较高楼层是公寓,较低的楼层则是企业办公室”。
此外, 卡斯腾在记者会上表示“消防队员一开始救出7人,并护送超过10人离开坍塌的建筑物”,据悉,当局在坍塌后还发现煤气洩漏和漏水的情况。
目前救援人员仍在寻找失踪的人,由于该座建筑物还发生二次坍塌,卡斯腾坦言“救援人员担心建筑物的稳定性”,并强调“我们现在的重点是救援,我们将继续评估,重点是试图找到人并将他们救出来”。
至于这座公寓大楼究竟为何坍塌的原因尚未釐清,不过达文波特市发展和社区服务主管奥斯瓦(Rich Oswald)在记者会上透露“大楼坍塌时正在维修外牆”。
其中一名住户罗宾森(Robert Robinson)回忆道“突然间,每个人都开始往外跑,并呼喊著『大楼坍塌了』,我很庆幸我们赶紧下楼”。此外,该地区的一些人指出“大楼有问题”,市政府官员表示已收到数起居民表示需要维修的投诉。