Police in Boston taped off a stretch of road by Huntington Avenue after what appeared to be debris from a MassArt building fell across the area.
Large chunks of insulation and other items were scattered along part of Evans Way and the Massachusetts College of Art and Design campus after some sort of structure hanging over an entrance collapsed, leaving a large hole in an exterior ceiling.
In a statement, the college told 7NEWS that due to the extreme weather moving through the city, part of the Tower building’s exterior “sustained damage, resulting in falling debris.”
“The damage was isolated to one area on Evans Way. No injuries were sustained,” a spokesperson said. “Out of an abundance of caution, activity on the adjacent floors of the building was relocated to a different building on campus. The safety of our community is our top priority and our staff continue to monitor the situation.”
According to witnesses, a postal worker was at the building at the time of the incident and missed the debris falling by a matter of seconds.
“The mailman was coming in – supposedly, thirty seconds after that, everything collapsed,” MassArt worker Adam Savje told 7NEWS. “Nothing collapsed inside classrooms or anything – it was just the floor.”
“One person just got missed – it just missed him,” said Dino Vaitis, who was doing construction work at MassArt at the time of the incident. “It was nuts. It was scary because the truck was vibrating and you didn’t know what the hell was going to happen.”
The college later noted that, following visits from the state building inspector and engineers, the building was found to be safe.
More information on the impact of today’s storm, including flight cancellations at Logan Airport, can be found here.
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