Emergency demolition ordered for crumbling Wilkinsburg building
Emergency demolition was ordered Friday morning for a building along Kelly Avenue in Wilkinsburg after it partially collapsed overnight.
Police were called at about 2 a.m. after reports that bricks and other materials were crumbling to the ground, WPXI reported.
Bricks were falling from the upper level of the 100-year-old building where a window pane was teetering.
The road is blocked to protect pedestrians and vehicles during the work.
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