No injuries in Back of the Yards building collapse
A building collapsed early Monday in the 4800 block of South Ashland. | Network Video Productions
CHICAGO (Sun-Times Media Wire) - No injuries were reported after a building collapsed early Monday in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side.
Firefighters responded to the building collapse at 4835 S. Ashland came in about 3:15 a.m., according to Fire Media Affairs
No one was in the two-story building that housed a pawn shop and apartments, but some residents in the area were displaced and warming bus was ordered to the scene, fire officials said.
The CTA announced at 3:30 a.m. that No. 9 Ashland buses were temporarily rerouted in both directions via Ashland, 47th, Damen, 51st, and Ashland.