Five of the injured are in critical condition
Three people were killed and nine were injured at the Boise, Idaho, airport when a hangar under construction collapsed Wednesday, CBS reports.
Five of the injured are in critical condition.
Authorities were called about 5:00 p.m. to the scene where the steel-framed shed suffered a “catastrophic” collapse, said Boise Fire Department Chief of Operations Aaron Hamel.
#US. Seriously #accident at the #Boise #airport in Boise, #Idaho:a #crane collapsed on a #hangar under construction, causing it to collapse. #Emergency officials declared nine people seriously injured and three dead. The police asked everyone to avoid the area
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“It was a very chaotic scene, I don’t know what caused it,” Hamel added.
Boise airport operations were not affected, officials said.
Hamel said some of the victims were on a hoist or elevated platform at the time the hangar collapsed, requiring some specialized rescue efforts. He confirmed that a crane also collapsed in the incident.
Authorities are investigating what caused the collapse.
Source :Skai
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