1 person believed dead after collapse of parking garage roof: police

Tony · #1 Posted **Nov 26, 2008, 3:29 PM**

1 person believed dead after collapse of parking garage roof: police

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/st.../mtl-bldg.html

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 | 10:18 AM ET
CBC News

At least one person is believed to be dead after the roof of an underground parking garage collapsed Wednesday morning in Montreal, police say.

As a precaution, firefighters have evacuated a 20-storey apartment building next to the garage, located on Deguire Boulevard in the city's Saint-Laurent neighbourhood.

The cause of the collapse, which happened just before 9 a.m. ET, is still unknown. Few other details were immediately available.

Tony · #2 Posted **Nov 26, 2008, 3:30 PM**

Anyone know what building this is? Talk about poor property management.

Tony · #3 Posted **Nov 26, 2008, 4:13 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by CBC

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 | 10:37 AM ET

At least one person is trapped in rubble and believed to be dead after the roof of an underground parking garage collapsed Wednesday morning in Montreal, police say.

As a precaution, firefighters have evacuated a 20-storey apartment building next to the garage, located at 135 Rue Deguire in the city's Saint-Laurent neighbourhood.

Emergency crews were called to the scene at 8:47 a.m. ET. Fire officials said three buses are on scene to transport people away from the site.

Officials said it is still too early to determine the cause of the collapse. Few other details were immediately available.

sucky

MolsonExport · #4 Posted **Nov 26, 2008, 5:00 PM**

collapsing concrete again. terrible.

Rico Rommheim · #5 Posted **Nov 26, 2008, 5:04 PM**

Some people take care of their properties, other don't. Ugh.

Tony · #6 Posted **Nov 26, 2008, 8:01 PM**

Sad. I'd hate to be leaving my parking garage in the morning for work only to get squished on the way out.

harls · #7 Posted **Nov 26, 2008, 8:04 PM**

So is it just one person confirmed dead? That's pretty lucky, all things considering..

well.. not lucky for that guy..

Cre47 · #8 Posted **Nov 26, 2008, 8:20 PM**

Someone, (a resident?) in a French article said an outdoor swimming pool and the water located above the garage might have been a cause by deteriorating the concrete structure.

http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites...-seffondre.php

On the map we can clearly see a large outdoor swimming pool between Towers 2 and 3.

http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=...cl=1&encType=1