Another Canadian contract, another building winds up in the street.
Debris from a building in the midst of being demolished collapsed on Sunday, covering the eastbound lanes of a downtown Edmonton thoroughfare.
No injuries have been reported and police were clearing people from the scene late Sunday afternoon.
The collapse crushed the plywood retaining wall wrapped around the building and covered a backhoe with rubble.
Katie Orr, an employee at the Second Cup across the street from the scene, witnessed the collapse Sunday.
“It just went the wrong way,” Orr said. “Luckily it was a pretty slow time and no one was hurt.”
Orr said the collapsed building also knocked over a tree and partially tipped over a street light.
The Mayfair, a drab, five-storey structure built in 1944, is being removed by ProCura Real Estate to make way for a new twin-tower apartment complex expected to house about 900 residents.
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