House collapses on South Side; none hurt

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A house in the 6300 block of South Evans Avenue was vacant when it collapsed Saturday night, according to the Chicago Fire Department.


A house in the 6300 block of South Evans Avenue was vacant when it collapsed Saturday night, according to the Chicago Fire Department.
(Adam Sege, Chicago Tribune / January 20, 2013)














































By Adam Sege




Tribune reporter

















1:42 a.m. CST, January 20, 2013



















No one was injured when a vacant house collapsed Saturday night in the Grand Crossing neighborhood on the South Side, authorities said.


The two-and-a-half story building collapsed shortly about 11 p.m. in the 6300 block of South Evans Avenue, Deputy Fire Cmsr. John McNicholas said.


By interviewing neighbors and using body-sensing technology, firefighters determined the home had been unoccupied when it collapsed, McNicholas said. Firefighters searched the rubble as a precaution and found no one.





The building showed signs of renovations, McNicholas said, but officials are still working to determine what triggered the collapse.


asege@tribune.com


Twitter: @AdamSege






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