Saturday evening Battalion 3 companies were callled out to the Oak Bridge Condominium for a building collapse. Dispatch had reported that the pool house bldg had completely collapsed with possible civilian entrapment. Engines 1, 4, & 5, Tower 1, Rescue 1, Ambulances 4, 5, and BC 4 responded. On arrival station 5's crew found that a 40 x 80 wing of the main office and recreational center had completely collapsed. It is hard to imagine a two story building collapse without a debris pile, and looking at the pictures it is hard to tell where the debris pile is. The three outer walls fell outward, and the roof fell straight down. Most of the debris from the roof section is covered by the snow, which caused it to collapse.
The property owners had noticed that the blgd was weakened due to the amount of snow load, and closed it from any use a day before its collapse. There was also an indoor surveilance camera recording the pool area at the time of the collapse. I hope to get a copy of the video and post it on here for all to see. I took some personal video, and will try to upload that as well.
