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Apartment Building Evacuated In Yonkers When Retaining Wall Collapses Apartment Building Evacuated In Yonkers When Retaining Wall Collapses
Apartment Building Evacuated In Yonkers When Retaining Wall Collapses A building had to be evacuated on Wednesday night when a retaining wall supporting a concrete parking slab collapsed. First responders were dispatched to a Landscape Avenue building in Yonkers shortly before 11 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 13, police said, when the concrete collapsed on a hill above the building. The wall collapsed on Landscape Avenue onto Bruce Avenue, though no injuries were reported. Police said that the retaining wall was supporting a concrete parking slab that was at risk of sliding down and crushing a structure below. Members of the Yonkers Police Department, IAFF Local 6…

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by Zak Failla