5 Injured in Southern California Balcony Collapse

March 26, 2018

Four adults and a girl were injured after a second-story balcony collapsed at an apartment near downtown Los Angeles.

The Los Angeles Fire Department says the South Park balcony collapsed, injuring three women, a man and a girl.

The fire department says the injuries involved are moderate.

Workers remove part of a balcony that collapsed at the Library Gardens apartment complex in Berkeley, Calif., June 16, 2015, where several died and others were injured after it fell. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Initially the fire department assessed 10 people but took only five to the hospital following the collapse on Friday afternoon.

Images of the collapse show the balcony completely crumbled and unrecognizable.

It’s unclear what caused the collapse.

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