Six people were injured after a porch collapsed Tuesday afternoon in Austin on the West Side.
They were on the back stairs of a building in the first block of South Lavergne Avenue when the porch collapsed, Chicago fire officials said.
18 south Laverne. Plan 1 for porch collapse. Stairs failed while people were in them 6 transports including two young people. Five yellow 1 red. Building dept on scene. pic.twitter.com/hZdnvqNSny
— Chicago Fire Media (@CFDMedia) June 15, 2021
One person was transported to an area hospital in serious-to-critical condition, officials said. Five more people were transported in fair-to-serious condition, officials said.
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