HARTFORD, C.T. — Hartford officials said 12 people, among them children, were taken to the hospital after the porch they were standing on collapsed on Saturday night, WFSB reports.
The incident happened just before 9:00 p.m. at a home on Campfield Avenue. Neighbors said a birthday party was being held at the house.
Large police and fire presence after a porch collapse on Campfield Ave in Hartford. Floor dropped out of porch, a number of people injured.#WFSB pic.twitter.com/VWLR0zB8sz
— Matt McFarland (@MattMcFarland3) July 8, 2018
According to fire officials, 20 people were gathering on the small, second-floor porch when the floor gave out. In total, 12 people have been hospitalized, the youngest patients being infants.
The drop was between 15 and 20 feet.
“I heard like a big boom like something exploded," said Nayda Garcia, of Hartford.
You can see how there is no floor left to the 2nd floor porch. More than 20 people on porch when it collapsed...12 transported to the hospital. Amazingly Deputy Fire Chief says it doesn’t appear to be life threatening injuries pic.twitter.com/V81R42eHiH
— Matt McFarland (@MattMcFarland3) July 8, 2018
The city's licensing and inspection unit is at the scene to determine if anyone will be allowed back inside the home.
“Nothing life-threatening it appears at this time, there were many from walking wounded to the partial light feeling of paralysis. They range in age from infants all the way up to middle age," said Hartford Deputy Fire Chief Harry Tulier.
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