Yonkers Store Condemned Following Roof Collapse

National Wholesale Liquidators at the Mall at Cross County in Yonkers was condemned on Thursday after the roof collapsed following an accident on Wednesday.

A look inside National Wholesale Liquidators following the roof collapse in Yonkers.
Photo Credit: *Local Yonkers 628 Firefighters*

Yonkers firefighters dealt with a roof collapse on Central Park Avenue on Wednesday.
Photo Credit: *Local Yonkers 628 Firefighters*

Emergency responders at the scene of the roof collapse at National Wholesale Liquidators on Central Avenue.
Photo Credit: *Yonkers Police*

Zak Failla

01/15/2017 8:00 a.m.

Officials confirmed that the store would not be opening its door anytime soon, after the driver of a Bobcat-type crane that was doing repairs on the roof caused a sizable cave-in, leaving a hole estimated at approximately 40 feet.

Five people, including the operator of the Bobcat suffered non-life-threatening injuries. The Yonkers Fire and Police Department were joined by Emergency Service units at the scene at approximately noon on Wednesday.

A section of Central Park Avenue was closed down on Wednesday afternoon as authorities cleaned up and investigated at the scene. According to a News12 report, the crane may have weighed more than the parking deck’s 4,500-pound limit.

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