IA - Unknown number of casualties in Davenport apartment building collapse (5/28/2023)

[airportwoman]

This is a semi-high rise (about 10 stories), an old building that appears to mostly have been occupied by low-income senior citizens. It happened yesterday (5/28) in the late afternoon, and I never knew about it until the 10 o'clock news! It almost looks like a smaller version of the Surfside collapse that happened a couple years ago. There is, as I write this, no reported information of injuries or deaths.

Please pray if you do, and think good thoughts if you don't.

Rescue operations underway after apartment building partially collapses in Davenport, Iowa

Rescue operations are underway after part of an apartment building collapsed in the eastern Iowa city of Davenport. Authorities have not released information about whether anyone was killed or still trapped after the collapse shortly before 5 p.m. Sunday. Authorities say some people were treated...

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[Dpdan]

How terrible, and such dangerous rescue work. It sounds like the building owner and the city knew there were structural issues.

Desperate search for survivors after apartment building collapses in Iowa

Authorities do not know how many people are still missing after part of a building collapsed in Davenport on Sunday evening

www.independent.co.uk

 

[MajorHoople]

WATCH: Drone footage of the Davenport apartment building collapse

WQAD News 8 - May 28, 2023

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Fire crews arriving on scene also found a "large natural gas leak," Carlsten said. It was not clear if the leak happened as a result of the collapse or if gas had been leaking prior to the incident.

"Even while we were on scene, we still had multiple secondary drops of debris coming from that structure," Carlsten said. "We want to make sure all our responders can are able to process through in a safe manner, but we still want to get through there as quickly as possible."

8 people rescued after partial apartment building collapse in Davenport, Iowa

Officials lauded first responders Monday and said rescue operations were wrapping up and a recovery operation will begin soon.

www.cbsnews.com

The Quad-City Times reported Robert Robinson, who lived on the building's second floor, walked outside for a smoke break and went back in as alarms went off.

"When we started to go back in the lights went out," he told the newspaper. "All of a sudden everybody started running out saying the building collapsed. I'm glad we came down when we did."

Robinson and his girlfriend were able to take the elevator down just in time, he said.

"This is horrible," he said. "We don't have anywhere to go. Nothing to eat."

7 rescued, multiple people unaccounted for after building partially collapses in Davenport, Iowa

At least six stories collapsed on one side of the building.

abc7chicago.com

 

[MajorHoople]

Residents react to Davenport apartment building collapse

WQAD News 8 - May 28, 2023

 

[MajorHoople]

Davenport apartment collapse: News 8 employee shares firsthand account of being awoken by the sound

WQAD News 8 - May 28, 2023

 

[Gemmie]

How terrible, and such dangerous rescue work. It sounds like the building owner and the city knew there were structural issues.

Desperate search for survivors after apartment building collapses in Iowa

Authorities do not know how many people are still missing after part of a building collapsed in Davenport on Sunday evening

www.independent.co.uk

Plumbing issues = structural issues IMO.

 

[Gemmie]

Here's the address:

An apartment building called 'The Davenport' on 324 Main Street has partially collapsed.

Apartment building collapses at 324 Main Street in Davenport

An entire side of the apartment building has collapsed, with at least six stories exposed.

www.wqad.com

 

[Gemmie]

Anyone know what year the building is? I'm trying to find that info.

 

[Gemmie]

Anyone know what year the building is? I'm trying to find that info.

Found it. Built in 1911. The lobby is lovey.

The Davenport - 324 Main St Davenport, IA | Apartments.com

See all available apartments for rent at The Davenport in Davenport, IA. The Davenport has rental units ranging from 500-940 sq ft starting at $625.

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[Gemmie]

Here are pics of a unit inside of it.

324 Main St - 324 Main St Davenport IA 52801 | Apartment Finder

Nice one bedroom unit open at The Davenport downtown! Walking distance to restaurants, bars, riverfront, bike path, library, ballpark and museum. Tenants only pay electric. No pets or smoking. Address: 324 Main St. #403, Davenport IA 52801 Features: Secure Entrance, Elevators, Large Lobby...

www.apartmentfinder.com

 

[Gemmie]

Per info on Zillow:

The Davenport, is a historic hotel in the heart of Downtown Davenport that has been restored to a apartment building. Its features include on-site parking, an ornate lobby, secured entry and a great location that is in walking distance to all the amenities you could need.

324 N Main St APT 602, Davenport, IA 52801 | Zillow

324 N Main St Apt 602, Davenport IA, is a Multiple Occupancy home that contains 536 sq ft.It contains 1 bedroom and 1 bathroom. The Zestimate for this Multiple Occupancy is $122,700, which has decreased by $3,694 in the last 30 days.The Rent Zestimate for this Multiple Occupancy is $825/mo...

www.zillow.com

 

[ifindedout]

324 N Main St · 324 N Main St, Davenport, IA 52801

324 N Main St, Davenport, IA 52801

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Street view of the now-collapsed side:

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There's a lot of peeled paint on the brickwork in the collapsed area. And other areas.

 

[SouthAussie]

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Davenport Mayor Mike Matsen said there were "several people unaccounted for" but did not give a specific number or range.

Seven people were rescued by fire crews and more than a dozen others were escorted out of the building as they were "self evacuating"

Search and rescue underway after partial apartment building collapse in Davenport, Iowa

 

[ifindedout]

AP via Yahoo:

Rescue operations underway after apartment building partially collapses in Davenport, Iowa

Rescue operations were underway Sunday evening after part of an apartment building collapsed in the eastern Iowa city of Davenport. Fire crews rescued seven people and escorted more than a dozen others from the building in their initial response, Davenport Fire Chief Michael Carlsten said at a...

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Rich Oswald, City of Davenport director of development and neighborhood services, said at a news conference that work was being done on the building’s exterior at the time of the collapse.

Reports of bricks falling from the building earlier this week were part of that work and the building’s owner had a permit for the project, Oswald said.

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Tadd Machovec, a Davenport contractor, told the newspaper he was inside putting up a support beam when the building came down.

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The Quad-City Times reported the building is owned by Andrew Wold. A working phone number for Wold was not immediately available Sunday night and attempts to reach him for comment were unsuccessful.

Nearly 20 permits were filed in 2022 for building repairs, mainly for plumbing or electrical issues, according to the county assessor’s office.

 

[Gemmie]

Interesting that she had taken a pic of a separated wall just before the collapse. I hope she finds her phone/camera as I'd like to see a pic of that.

Residents living in the area reported that the building was known to have problems, including visible water damage.

Building resident Lexus Berry told The Quad-City Times that she narrowly escaped but her wife and cats became trapped as the building collapsed. Ms Berry had just taken pictures of a separation between a wall and the bathroom doorway before she tried to make it to safety.

“We both grab our cats, she grabbed one, I grabbed one, got to the door,” Ms Berry told the outlet. “I watched her, and everything just fell down and everything fell on top of me, and I barely made it out the door … There was nothing left where I was standing at. Everything else was gone.”

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Resident Todd Wilson said that he received a call from the city last year telling him to evacuate his apartment within 48 hours because bricks were falling off.

“What they did was they switched ownership and they gave them time to fix it, but they didn’t do it properly,” Mr Wilson told the Times.

Everything we know about ‘horrible’ building collapse in Iowa as rescue crews continue to comb through the rubble

 

[MajorHoople]

Authorities search for missing residents in Iowa apartment collapse

Eight people had been rescued as of early Monday morning after part of the historic brick building in downtown Davenport collapsed, authorities said.

www.nbcnews.com

"A historic six-story apartment building in Davenport, Iowa, that partially collapsed Sunday evening will be demolished this week after a rescue mission for survivors transitioned into a search and recovery operation on Monday, officials said.

Eight people were rescued and an unknown number of people were injured in the collapse at 324 Main Street just before 5 p.m. CT Sunday.

Davenport Mayor Mike Matson told NBC News Monday that K-9 units worked overnight and came up with no hits for people and have left the scene as of Monday afternoon.

The building is expected to be demolished Tuesday morning, the city of Davenport said in a statement."

 

[Dpdan]

They are demolishing the building while there are still people unaccounted for?

 

[Ladyotm]

They are demolishing the building while there are still people unaccounted for?

They don't believe there are any more people unaccounted for. Thank good ess!!!

 

[Interested_But_Confused]

Street view of the now-collapsed side:


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There's a lot of peeled paint on the brickwork in the collapsed area. And other areas.

The street view that you posted from 2017 shows the building in bad condition, but check out the street view from 2011:

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Had they done any proper repairs to the wall in the past 12 years, or had they just given it a coat of spackle and paint to hide the poor condition of the brickwork? If that's the area they were trying to repair when the building collapsed, it was an accident waiting to happen. Even in the picture from 2011 the wall looks like it was barely holding up the floors above.