DAVENPORT, Ia. (FOX News) — Rescue operations continued Monday morning after part of an apartment building collapsed in Davenport, Iowa.
Authorities now say one person was killed in the collapse, eight other people were treated for injuries at the scene. Rescuers were called in shortly before 5 p.m. Sunday.
The fire chief says the back of the six-story apartment complex collapsed and had separated from the building, which houses apartments on the upper floors and businesses on the ground level.
Nearly 20 permits were filed in 2022 for building repairs. Those permits were mainly for plumbing or electrical issues, according to the County Assessor’s Office.
