The front portion of a large supermarket in eastern Las Vegas collapsed early Friday, injuring four people.
Written content from Glenn Puit
Clark County firefighters responded to a La Bonita supermarket in Francisco Center at 2500 E. ……We hope you appreciate our content.
Clark County firefighters responded to a La Bonita supermarket in Francisco Center at 2500 E. Desert Inn Road at 6:18 a.m. and transported four people to a nearby hospital with minor injuries after “the front awning, or mansard, collapsed,” said Assistant Fire Chief Scott Carnahan.
The collapse also peeled off much of the market’s front facade.
Carnahan said fire department crews were working with county building officials to make sure “the rest of the building is structurally sound.”
Deli supervisor Adolfo Navarret said he and at least a dozen other employees were in the store when the collapse occurred.
“I just see the windows breaking like it is an earthquake,” he said. “And I look behind me and I see a bunch of debris and dust.”
He said more than a dozen employees scrambled out of the back of the building to safety.
Vendor Michael Martial said he was walking toward the store near the intersection with Eastern Avenue when “the front of the building just starts falling forward.”
“There were three homeless people trapped under it,” Martial said. “Two were able to get out on their own free will. The third one was actually hit in the back of the head. He was gushing blood.” Read more from Review Journal
Subscribe here
