Resident of three-story building says he felt shock wave as structure crumbled; police don't believe anyone trapped inside.
A three-story building in central Tel Aviv partially collapsed on Wednesday afternoon, with an entire half of the building lying in rubble in the courtyard below.
By late-afternoon IDF search and rescue teams were on the scene with trained dogs searching for survivors, but police said they don't believe that anyone is trapped inside the rubble.
Tel Aviv police added that they believe the collapse occurred because the preserved building was over 60 years old, and was not the result of a gas explosion as had been previously reported.
Tel Aviv building collapses, likely due to old age | JPost | Israel News
A three-story building in central Tel Aviv partially collapsed on Wednesday afternoon, with an entire half of the building lying in rubble in the courtyard below.
By late-afternoon IDF search and rescue teams were on the scene with trained dogs searching for survivors, but police said they don't believe that anyone is trapped inside the rubble.
Tel Aviv police added that they believe the collapse occurred because the preserved building was over 60 years old, and was not the result of a gas explosion as had been previously reported.
Tel Aviv building collapses, likely due to old age | JPost | Israel News
