PETERSBURG, Va. (WRIC) — A vacant building collapsed in Petersburg on Friday, with authorities urging residents to avoid the area.
At 7:23 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 26, units with Petersburg Fire Rescue & Emergency Services responded to a reported building collapse in the 30 block of North Crater Road.
Petersburg Bureau of Police were already at the scene and had secured the area as fire units began their investigation, according to officials.
Fire officials responded with an “abundance of caution,” acting as if “an occupant could be trapped until it was confirmed otherwise,” they said…