CLEARWATER, Fla. (WFLA) – Crews were at work Wednesday stabilizing and repairing a cracked pillar in a Clearwater Beach condo building.
On Tuesday, residents were forced to evacuate from the South Beach III condominium building on Sand Key. Construction crews remained on scene the following day.
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“They shored up the first floor and the second floor, and then they still have to continue to shore up the entire 12-floor building,” said Clearwater Fire Division Chief Jevon Graham. “There was a support column that was compromised.”
The split prompted a massive response on Gulf Boulevard. Sixty people were forced to evacuate, and some residents were carried out on stretchers…