'The building remains structurally insecure and in imminent danger of collapse,' a city of Davenport statement said as people questioned a push to bring it down.
Mayor Mike Matson confirmed the numbers at a news conference following criticism that the city was moving too quicklybefore making sure that no one is still inside. Protests erupted after a woman was rescued Monday night, hours after the city ordered the demolition to begin as early as Tuesday.
“We’re very sympathetic to the possibility that there’s two people” still left inside, Morris said as he fought back tears. The city then issued a statement saying that the owner had been served with an order for demolition that was expected to begin Tuesday morning. That prompted many people to turn to Facebook, naming loved ones who were unaccounted for, and expressing concern that the building was being demolished too quickly.
When firefighters initially arrived Sunday, they immediately took action, saving lives at great risk to their personal safety, city officials said. Onlookers watch as emergency crews work the scene of a partial building collapse on the 300 block of Main Street, Sunday, May 28, 2023, in Davenport, Iowa. Work was being done on the building’s exterior at the time of the collapse, said Rich Oswald, the city’s director of development and neighborhood services. Reports of falling bricks were part of that work, and the building’s owner had a permit for the project, Oswald said.
The collapse didn’t surprise Schlaan Murray, a former resident, who told The Associated Press that his one-year stay there was “a nightmare.”
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