Workers forced to leap to safety as shop topples.
Two Mamaroneck Avenue storefronts that were being demolished collapsed suddenly Tuesday, forcing workers on the roof to leap to safety.
No injuries were reported. The empty brick and cinderblock storefront at 130 Mamaroneck Ave. and one next to it collapsed on themselves at 11:54 a.m.
The collapse also took out the side wall of a third empty storefront. Six storefronts in all were vacant.
Fire Chief Robert Pecchia said workers were in the process of demolishing the building when the back left corner started collapsing.
“It was supposed to be a controlled collapse, if you will. It was just uncontrolled,” Pecchia said.
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