A home under renovation on the 500 block of South Paca St. in Ridgely’s Delight collapsed today Monday, September 29th. One person was transported to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and another person currently remains trapped inside the house with debris up to his waist. The Baltimore City Fire Department has been in communication with the victim inside and is working to shore up the building so they can safely remove the individual.
Portions of Russell and Greene St., as well as the 500 block of Paca St., are currently closed off.
Update, 4:38pm: The victim has been extracted from the building and gave the crowd a thumbs up according to Meghan McCorkell of WJZ.
The victim of the building collapse on S. Paca gives a thumbs up after he’s rescued. http://t.co/8gYF38rwjb #photo pic.twitter.com/ayN46Kq6iL
— WJZ | CBS Baltimore (@cbsbaltimore) September 29, 2014
From the Baltimore City Fire Department Twitter feed:
S Paca Update: Patient extracted from building and will be transported to hospital. Great work by our members today. — Baltimore Fire (@BaltimoreFire) September 29, 2014
Members preparing to build reinforcements to allow for the safe recovery of victim trapped inside building. pic.twitter.com/ueStFldsHW — Baltimore Fire (@BaltimoreFire) September 29, 2014
Members preparing to build reinforcements to allow for the safe recovery of victim trapped inside building. pic.twitter.com/ueStFldsHW
— Baltimore Fire (@BaltimoreFire) September 29, 2014
S Paca Update: SOC team continues work to shore up building so members can safely remove trapped person. pic.twitter.com/aK8UazOMe8 — Baltimore Fire (@BaltimoreFire) September 29, 2014
S Paca Update: SOC team continues work to shore up building so members can safely remove trapped person. pic.twitter.com/aK8UazOMe8
— Baltimore Fire (@BaltimoreFire) September 29, 2014
