The body of one of three men who had been missing after the partial collapse of an apartment building in Davenport, Iowa, has been found
Three search and rescue workers and a dog approach the site of a building collapse in Davenport, Iowa, during a search, Thursday, June 1, 2023. DAVENPORT, Iowa — — The body of one of three men who had been missing after the partialin Davenport, Iowa, has been found, a city official confirmed Sunday.
City officials had said earlier that Colvin, Hitchcock and Prien had “high probability of being home at the time of the collapse.” “We are doing the best we can to balance the building conditions and the safety of our responders,” Fire Chief Mike Carlsten told reporters during a briefing after the collapse. He said conditions have forced a response that may take “days and weeks” instead of what ideally would have been minutes or hours.
Tenants also complained to the city in recent years about a host of problems they say were ignored by property managers, including no heat or hot water for weeks or even months at a time, as well as mold and water leakage from ceilings and toilets. While city officials tried to address some complaints and gave vacate orders to individual apartments, a broader evacuation was never ordered, records show.
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