No injuries reported so far as Bronx high-rise building partially collapses with a ‘loud boom’
A high-rise building in the Bronx has partially collapsed, the Fire Department of New York posted on X . It was not immediately clear what caused the partial collapse of the building at 207 Alexander Avenue. There were no immediate reports of injuries, authorities said. But a search-and-rescue mission is underway. One witness said she called 911 after seeing smoke near the building this morning. “I was explaining to the lady what I saw, and she was like, ‘Hold on, let me transfer you to the fire department,’” the witness told CNN affiliate WCBS . “Before she was about to do the transfer, the whole building just – you heard a loud boom, and the thing just exploded. And it fall down just like that. ” A corner of the public housing building is damaged, with the wall partially peeled away, video from CNN affiliate WABC’s helicopter showed . Search and rescue crews are on the roof of the public housing building and climbing over piles of bri...