Collapse zone established in Mass. city after bricks rain down from building, crash onto sidewalk

A collapse zone has been established in a Massachusetts city after a section of bricks fell from the facade of a three-story home and crashed down onto the sidewalk below.

Firefighters responding to a report of a pedestrian who may have been struck by the falling bricks in the area of 124 Washington Avenue in Chelsea just after 8 p.m. on Monday found a pile of dislodged bricks scattered on the sidewalk, according to the Chelsea Fire Department.

The bricks fell from above a second-floor window of a building that has been vacant since a blaze broke out in January…

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