Roof of vacant building in Bridgeport collapses

A vacant building’s roof collapsed Thursday evening in Bridgeport on the South Side.
A vacant building’s roof collapsed Thursday evening in Bridgeport on the South Side. Photo credit Chicago Fire Department

CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A vacant building’s roof collapsed Thursday evening during a snow storm in Bridgeport.

The roof collapsed at a vacant building in the 200 block of West 26th Street, Chicago fire officials said.

No was was hurt when the collapse was heard by neighbors at about 9:30 p.m. in the 200 block of West 26th Street, according to Chicago police.

The building was a factory or warehouse that had been vacant for three years, police said. The Department of Buildings went to the scene to investigate.

Thursday night, over two inches of snow fell over an already blanketed Chicago in the third winter storm in a month.

After a winter storm earlier this week, a wall of the Aragon Ballroom toppled over in Uptown.

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