The house in Athens where about 25 people were hurt when a floor collapsed during a party early Friday has been deemed unsafe for occupancy, Athens-Clarke County Building Inspections Director Doug Hansford said Monday.
“We had a structural failure and it apparently affected more than just the kitchen. Some of the foundation walls are cracked and a couple of exterior walls are buckled,” Hansford said.
The collapse occurred about 1 a.m. Friday in the two-story house at the end of a cul-de-sac on Magnolia Bluff Drive, a mostly student neighborhood off Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway.
A large party was taking place that police and fire officials estimated was attended by about 500 people. But officials are unsure how many people were in the house when the ground floor collapsed into the crawl space.