Video: Explosion and Building Collapse at Chicago Water Plant Injures 8

CHICAGO (WLS) –“At least eight people have been injured after the roof of a water reclamation district facility collapsed after an explosion on Chicago’s Far South Side in the Riverdale neighborhood Thursday morning.

The explosion occurred at a sludge concentration building at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant at 430 East 130th Street at around 11 a.m., a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District said.

Sources told ABC7 eight people were injured in the collapse. At around 1 p.m., firefighters were seen removing the last person who was trapped inside and taken on a stretcher to a waiting helicopter.

Chopper7HD flew overhead as firefighters searched the rubble as part of a search and rescue operation and rescued several people from the collapsed building.”…Continue Reading Here