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One person was found alive overnight at the site of a collapsed apartment building in Iowa, bringing the total number of people rescued to eight, as the frantic search for survivors continued Monday morning.
Officials have not released details about how many people were injured or how many are unaccounted for, but Davenport Chief Mike Carlsten said the rescue mission will soon turn into a recovery mission. No deaths have been reported.
Seven people were rescued from the building last night after a portion of it came crashing down about 5pm. About a dozen people were helped from the collapse with an air ambulance at the scene, officials said.
'No known individuals are trapped in that facility,' Carlsten added, speaking of the building on Main Street in Davenport where owners were under city orders to make upgrades.
'The building is structurally unsound, is posing a risk to responders,' Chief Carlsten said, adding that rescue crews with search dogs are on the scene.
It was revealed to CNN that tenants of the building had made 'numerous complaints to city officials' and that the city inspector came out several times. The owners had permits in place to make upgrades to the exterior of the building. But it's still unclear what exactly led to the collapse.
Residents in the building had reportedly complained for years about it needing repairs. City leaders said the building had permits to make the fixes when the collapse happened.
Earlier, Carlsten said the back of the apartment complex collapsed and had separated from the building, which houses apartments on the upper floors and businesses on the ground level.
Authorities found a gas leak after the collapse, Carlsten said, while water also had leaked throughout the floors of the structure.
See here for the video... Iowa Building Collapse
Officials have not released details about how many people were injured or how many are unaccounted for, but Davenport Chief Mike Carlsten said the rescue mission will soon turn into a recovery mission. No deaths have been reported.
Seven people were rescued from the building last night after a portion of it came crashing down about 5pm. About a dozen people were helped from the collapse with an air ambulance at the scene, officials said.
'No known individuals are trapped in that facility,' Carlsten added, speaking of the building on Main Street in Davenport where owners were under city orders to make upgrades.
'The building is structurally unsound, is posing a risk to responders,' Chief Carlsten said, adding that rescue crews with search dogs are on the scene.
It was revealed to CNN that tenants of the building had made 'numerous complaints to city officials' and that the city inspector came out several times. The owners had permits in place to make upgrades to the exterior of the building. But it's still unclear what exactly led to the collapse.
Residents in the building had reportedly complained for years about it needing repairs. City leaders said the building had permits to make the fixes when the collapse happened.
Earlier, Carlsten said the back of the apartment complex collapsed and had separated from the building, which houses apartments on the upper floors and businesses on the ground level.
Authorities found a gas leak after the collapse, Carlsten said, while water also had leaked throughout the floors of the structure.
See here for the video... Iowa Building Collapse
