City and state experts are still investigating Friday’s fatal roof collapse at a CrossFit gym in Anchorage. There is a lot of concern that heavy snow loads may have contributed to the destruction, says the Anchorage Fire Department.
Contractors clear snow off the roof of a strip mall in Anchorage’s Taku/Campbell neighborhood on Feb. 21, 2023. Four days earlier, Turnagain CrossFit was hosting a competition when part of its roof collapsed, killing one person inside.
Three people were initially unaccounted after the roof of the warehouse-style building partially collapsed on Friday evening, minutes before. Anchorage Fire Department Assistant Chief Alex Boyd said one person was able to get out on their own. Another was pinned, eventually freed by firefighters and taken to the hospital. A third person was found dead inside.
“The snow load that we have now is near record numbers,” he said. “However, the codes in the city are designed to carry this snow load without concern.” “They’re working with state inspectors just to ensure anything they find can be communicated statewide,” Boyd said. “Cause any time a building collapse occurs, folks are worried.”
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