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Athens house near UGA declared unsafe after floor collapses during large party, injuring 25 people
Director of the Athens-Clarke County Building Inspections Doug Hansford said some of the foundation and exterior walls were also cracked. Author: Associated Press, Jessica Brown Published: 12:27 AM EDT April 22, 2021 Updated: 1:27 AM EDT April 22, 2021
ATHENS, Ga. A house in Athens has been declared unsafe by Athens-Clarke County Building Inspections, when the floor suddenly collapsed during a party.
The Athens Clarke-County police said the collapse happened around 1 a.m. Friday near the University of Georgia, according to the Associated Press. About 25 people were hurt.
The Athens-Clarke County Fire Department issued a statement on Friday night explaining the circumstances of the collapse. Authorities said they were called to a home in the 100 block of Magnolia Bluff Drive where the victims had fallen through the floor
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.