MAY 21, 2015
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
Six workers were hurt when the second floor of a building
under construction in downtown Los Angeles collapsed Wednesday, fire officials
said.
The incident took place at a four-story construction site at
1000 S. Olive St. at around 7 p.m, said Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire
Department.
At least five workers were taken to the hospital, but no one
was seriously injured, officials at the scene said. Workers were pouring
concrete on a wooden frame when the floor buckled.
In total 35 firefighters attended the scene to aid the
rescue effort.
Initially it was thought the incident was caused by
structural collapse, however it was later discovered it had occured due to the
failure of floor supports. It caused the freshly poured concrete floors to come
crashing down.
Aerial footage taken by NewsChopper4 showed workers on
gurneys being loaded onto the back of ambulances.