Emergency demolition ordered for crumbling Wilkinsburg building

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Tawnya Panizzi | Friday, February 8, 2019 5:44 a.m.

WPXI

Part of a building crumbled in Wilkinsburg on Feb. 8, 2019.

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.

Tawnya Panizzi is a Tribune-Review staff writer. You can contact Tawnya at 412-782-2121, ext. 2, tpanizzi@tribweb.com or via Twitter @tawnyatrib.