VIDEOS: An investigation is underway after an apartment balcony collapsed in St. Francis Sunday night, Aug. 17. St. Francis Fire Department Chief Nicholas Poplar held a press conference Sunday and said fire crews responded to the collapse near Whitnall and Kansas.
Fire crews found the exterior balcony collapsed into the lower-level basement entrance of the building. No one was injured, but four people are left without a place to live because of the collapse. One person was sheltered in place in one of the lower units due to health issues on Sunday. “The biggest thing in something like this is making sure that we are accountable for everybody,” said Chief Poplar in the press conference. “Obviously, when we have structural debris and collapse, we want to account for everyone.”
