Small section of Home Depot parking lot collapses in Brooklyn
NEW YORK - A small section of the parking lot collapsed at a Home Depot in Brooklyn Wednesday.
It happened around 10 a.m. at the Home Depot located at 550 Hamilton Avenue.
Video from the scene shows a small section of the parking structure, roughly 10 feet long and a few feet wide, collapsed.
The portion of the parking lot fell onto a lower area where plants are sold.
Fortunately, there were no injuries reported.
There was no immediate word on the cause.
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The Department of Buildings has been notified.
"We have engineers and general contractors onsite assessing the area and determining the next steps," Home Depot said in a statement. "The safety of our associates and customers is our top priority, and we're working closely with local emergency and city officials to quickly address this situation."