DAVENPORT, Iowa — The city government of Davenport, Iowa, has released dozens of documents in connection with an apartment building that partially collapsed as three residents remain missing and the community demands answers.
The documents were published Wednesday evening on the city's website. Three of the files were reports by a structural engineer who inspected The Davenport at 324 North Main St. earlier this year. The city had ordered the building's owner to hire an engineer following various complaints from residents.
"This void appears to have been caused by the collapse of some mass of clay brick between the façade and CMU," Valliere wrote in a letter dated Feb. 28."This collapsed mass is now settled and piling up against the inside face of the façade, pushing it outward. This will soon cause a large panel of façade to also collapse, creating a safety problem and potentially destabilizing the upper areas of brick façade.
When ABC News called Select Structural Engineering for comment on Wednesday, the person who answered the office telephone said,"We are aware of the incident and do not have any more comments at this time as we are still trying to determine the details of the situation." A section of the building collapsed on Sunday afternoon. More than a dozen people evacuated at the time and eight others were rescued in the 24 hours that followed. Several pets were also rescued.
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