Nearby buildings. Most buildings in this area are businesses that have been evacuated. We just received an update from the Fire Department and they believe there is no imminent danger. The crane and concrete slabs are secure. Building inspectors took a look at it and do not believe they are at risk of falling. Lets hear what the fire captain had to say. At this time, again, our job as the Fire Department is to ensure the safety of our public. We have shared the statement thats come out from the contractors and i know there is terms in there that are stating safe and no imminent danger. Weto err on the other side and we have to make sure everybody is safe. Reporter its unclear how long this situation will remain. The surrounding area is blocked off. The companys area is flying in from Washington State to look at the situation. There will be another update at 7 00 p. M. Live in San Francisco, lillian kim, abc 7 news. Okay. Thanks very much. We are joined on the phone by Structural Engine
Scott is on the ground level. Youre seeing the view from our sky ranger on the top floor there. You can see that it is tilting there. We want to bring in mason walters. Right off the bat we see what went wrong here. This wall collapsed. Can you tell us how dangerous is this situation . Well, it looks like the penalty house structure that is affected is not consuming the whole foot print of the building. There is still a setback. Even if the penalty house moves further, it looks to me like it would have some room to move without posing a falling hazard. B how do you stabilize this section . What do you do . Reporter well, typically, the general contractor would bring in a Fast Response shoring team who would put up some bracing to prevent the end of the thing seem to be compromised from moving in further. This would stabilize the motion. So it appears that the Northeast Corner is the most affected. They would probably work there. How long will this take to shore up or just avoid the eva
A construction crisis forcing thousands to evacuate. The danger zone is in San Francisco south of market as we said around an Apartment Building under construction at 41 tehama street. All those streets are closed with the fremont street exit ramp from westbound interstate 80. In total 16 buildings have been evacuated. We have Live Team Coverage to get details what is at risk and how many people its impacting. We begin with lillian kim. Dan and ama, were at second and Howard Street and behind me is 33 tehama, the residential high rice with the construction mishap this afternoon that caused a crane and concrete slab on the top floor to become unstable and both were thought to be at risk of falling. It happened at 2 45 p. M. A construction crew called 911 after a strut holding up a 30ton crane at the top center of the building failed. The weight of that crane put pressure on the concrete slab below it and it is leaning out ward. Its 2,000 pounding and it and the crane falls, the Fire Dep
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