On Sunday near Houston’s Galleria, an HVAC cooling tower fell onto a parking garage ramp, causing a partial collapse. Concrete and debris fell onto lower levels, leaving a vehicle tilted in the wreckage. Houston firefighters responded around sundown. One person inside the garage walked out and was checked by medical personnel. Crews secured the area while property staff and engineers assessed the damage. Officials had not announced when the garage would reopen.
HFD response and on-scene details
The Houston Fire Department reported that crews were dispatched to the parking garage at 50 E. Briar Hollow Lane at about 6:20 p.m., after getting word that an HVAC cooling tower had “collapsed onto the ramp and pancaked down,” as reported by ABC13. The…..