Davenport officials: No deaths confirmed, no known people trapped in Iowa building collapse

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Davenport officials: No deaths confirmed, no known people trapped in Iowa building collapse
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Authorities say there are no known fatalities after an apartment building partially collapsed in the eastern Iowa city of Davenport

Davenport Fire Chief Carlsten and Mayor Mike Matson provide an updated on the \ building collapse during a news conference, Monday, May 29, 2023 in Davenport, Iowa. Carlsten said that it was unclear how many people, if any, were still missing after an apartment building in the eastern Iowa city collapsed.

Rescuers were called to the scene shortly before 5 p.m. Sunday. Carlsten said the back of the apartment complex collapsed and had separated from the building, which houses apartments on the upper floors and businesses on the ground level. “When we started to go back in the lights went out,” he told the newspaper. “All of a sudden everybody started running out saying the building collapsed. I’m glad we came down when we did.”“This is horrible,” he said. “We don’t have anywhere to go. Nothing to eat.”

“The tenants told us the building was going to collapse,” said Jennifer Smith, co-owner of Fourth Street Nutrition, which moved into the building this winter.

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