Partial Collapse at 5-Story Building in West Kensington

Hundreds of bricks fell on fresh, white snow after the roof of West Kensington building collapsed in the midst of a snow storm Thursday afternoon.

A part of the roof of the five-story apartment building on 2nd and Turner sts. caved in around 2 p.m. causing bricks to fall from the sky to the ground below.

Normally, that the area would be packed with cars, but those cars had been moved before Thursday's snow, said neighbors.

"I was shoveling and I heard the high tension wire starting to make noise," said witness Abiola Collis. "As soon as I looked up, I saw that were, like on fire, and that's when I heard a boom noise and realized that it was the building that fell to the side."

Crews on the scene tell NBC10 they believe it was the weight of the snow and ice that caused the collapse.

A resident was removed from the third floor of the building and transported to a nearby hospital for evaluation, officials said.

The building is owned by Kensington South Community Development Project who were in the process of raising money for a new roof, according to officials.

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