要留意阳台安全 (need annual check-up)：Berkeley学生公寓阳台塌落致多名留学生死伤

要留意阳台安全 (need annual check-up)： 租给学生尤其要留意：Berkeley学生公寓阳台塌落致多名留学生死伤

A fourth-floor balcony of a San Francisco Bay Area apartment building collapsed early Tuesday, killing five Irish students and leaving eight other people injured, officials said.

Irish Foreign Minister Charlie Flanagan told reporters in Dublin that all  five of the dead were in the U.S. on temporary visas. He said a 21st
birthday party was underway in the building in the university town of Berkeley at the time of the accident.

Many of the wounded have critical, life-threatening injuries, said Officer Jennifer Coats, a Berkeley police spokeswoman.

Police received a call about the incident shortly before 1 a.m. PDT Tuesday, and officers arrived to find that the balcony on the fourth floor of the  building on Kittredge Street had disintegrated.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/16/us/california-balcony-collapse/index.html
 

(CNN)An apartment balcony near the University of California's Berkeley campus collapsed early Tuesday, killing five of the 13 people who fell from the fourth-floor structure, the city's police said.

All of those who fell from the balcony at the Library Gardens Apartments were Irish citizens and "for the most part students," gathered to celebrate someone's 21st birthday, Irish Foreign Minister Charlie Flanagan said Tuesday.

Besides those who died, at least seven were taken to hospitals with serious injuries after the balcony gave way at about 12:40 a.m., Berkeley police Officer Byron White told CNN.

It wasn't immediately clear what caused the balcony to collapse, Berkeley police spokeswoman Jennifer Coats said.

The balcony appeared to have torn away from the rest of the building. Hours after the collapse, the fourth-floor railing -- its base gone -- was resting upside down on the railing of the balcony below, video from CNN affiliate KGO showed.

The complex is about three blocks from the University of California campus. Flanagan didn't say where the students had been going to school, but said they were in the United States on J-1 visas, which give students the chance to live and work in the country for a short period.

California authorities have contacted some of the families in Ireland about the collapse, Flanagan said.

"We mourn the tragic loss of young lives in California this morning," Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny posted on Twitter on Tuesday.

 

所有跟帖： 

• 哇，building owner不知道买够保险没 -youxi88- ♀ (59 bytes) () 06/16/2015 postreply 09:34:18

• 外国人打不赢官司。如果是黑人5死8伤，那就不一样了。 -sweetptt- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/16/2015 postreply 16:44:51

• The balcony should be fairly small! 13 people! -Smilee- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/16/2015 postreply 17:57:59