BOSTON (WHDH) - A 50-foot wall was torn off the facade of a South Boston building by damaging winds on Tuesday.
Members of the Boston Fire Department responded to a call for a technical rescue at 329 Northern Ave. around 3:15 p.m. and found a large heap of sheet metal on the pavement and the side of a structure totally exposed, according to a post on the department’s Twitter page.
The building has been abandoned for several years.
No one was injured.
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District Fire Chief Gerald Hogan said they plan to secure the area and have the building demolished soon.
He said he is concerned the wind could pull more pieces of the building off and create a hazard for pedestrians and cars on the nearby roadway.
At approximately 3:15 a Tech Rescue response for a collapse of a 50 by 50 section on the exterior wall at 329 Northern Ave South Boston. pic.twitter.com/MeL5doaByt
— Boston Fire Dept. (@BostonFire) March 2, 2021
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