Building facade partially collapses in midtown Manhattan
Published Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015 | 12:28 p.m.
Updated Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015 | 2:36 p.m.
NEW YORK — The outer shell of a midtown Manhattan building that was being demolished partially collapsed Wednesday, injuring at least one person.
Construction workers say the collapse sounded like an explosion. Rubble from the building damaged a yellow school bus parked on the street.
Firefighters were using drilling equipment to examine the wreckage.
One person injured in the collapse on West 57th Street was taken to a hospital in serious condition, police said.
The city Buildings Department planned a news conference on the collapse later Wednesday.
The incident happened the day after a construction worker at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn was crushed to death when several steel beams fell on him.