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Seth Williams Convenes Grand Jury to Investigate Building Collapse
District Attorney Seth Williams announced today that a grand jury is being convened to investigate the Market Street building collapse that killed six and injured […]
Demolition Worker Charged With Deaths In Building Collapse Has Surrended [Updated]
Update [5:14 p.m.] Sean Benschop, covering his face with a red jacket, surrendered to police at 3:30 this afternoon. He was accompanied by his lawyer, […]
Criminal Charges to Be Filed in Building Collapse?
On its 5pm newscast on Friday evening, Fox 29 reported that police just executed a search warrant on the home of Sean Benschop, the excavator […]
Nutter Announces New Regulations and Proposals on Building Demolitions
In a 2:30 p.m. press conference, Mayor Nutter announced a series of new regulations and proposals meant to shore up the sort of mind-blowingly crappy […]
Second Building Collapse Victim Files Lawsuit
On Friday morning, attorneys representing Linda Bell, who was injured in the building collapse at 22nd and Market streets earlier this week, filed a personal […]
Man Operating Market St. Demolition Vehicle Had Traces of Marijuana in System
Is anyone not to blame in this story? Weak L&I inspections, a drug-dealing contractor, a slum landlord. Now, we learn that blood tests performed Wednesday […]
Report: Chuck Peruto’s Girlfriend’s Blood Alcohol Level Was Very, Very High
Investigators: Peruto girlfriend Julia Law had .41 BAC – more than 5x legal limit.myfoxphilly.com/story/22439868… — FOX 29 (@FOX29philly) June 7, 2013 Fox also reports that […]
Salvation Army Employee Trapped Under Rubble Files First Building Collapse Lawsuit
That was quick. Nadine White, a 54-year-old mother of three who was working at the Salvation Army is suing the owner and the demolition crew […]
These Are the Victims of the Building Collapse
Six people died in the building collapse that occurred yesterday on Market Street. All were reportedly in the Salvation Army building that was destroyed. Three […]
Building Trades Unions: We Warned City About Shoddy Labor Before Collapse
Pat Gillespie, the head of the Philadelphia Building and Construction Trades Council, says that his unions had been alerting the city’s L&I department about shoddy demolition […]
L&I Shuts Down Center City Bar With Connection to 22nd and Market Building Collapse [UPDATED]
On Wednesday night, as the frantic search for survivors in the 22nd and Market building collapse in Philadelphia continued, the Department of Licenses & Inspection […]
Did Someone Try to Report Building Before it Collapsed? [Updated]
Update [2:38 p.m.] WHYY reports that a 3-1-1 call was indeed made in early May about a building being demolished, but it was not a […]
Latest on Building Collapse: 6 Dead, 14 Injured
More coverage, photos, and videos of building collapse HERE The latest on the building collapse at 22nd and Market: Six are dead and 14 are injured. […]
22nd and Market Building Collapse: Demolition Video
As details in today’s tragic building collapse at 22nd and Market continue to become clear, this video has surfaced of the demolition process. According to […]
Building Collapse at 22nd and Market: Latest News
[Updated June 6, 9:27 a.m.] PHOTOS: The search for missing bodies appears to be over this morning. Officials say six people died in the collapse. Also, […]