WASHINGTON — (CNN) A large amount of scaffolding collapsed Friday outside a building under construction in Houston, causing “multiple injuries,” a city agency said.
Video from the scene showed piles of metal lying on the ground outside a roughly seven-story building. The collapsed scaffolding appeared to cover a large section of a city block.
Houston’s Office of Emergency Management reported the injures from the collapse, which happened near the corner of Crawford and Preston streets — an area not far from Minute Maid Park, the home of Major League Baseball’s Houston Astros.
People were urged to steer clear of the area so emergency vehicles could get in and out.
It was not immediately clear if there are any fatalities as a result of the incident or if anyone was still trapped. Video, however, did show at least person being carried on a stretcher to get medical help.
The Houston Fire Department reported that the first crews arrived within three minutes after the collapse was reported around 11:10 a.m. (12:10 p.m. ET).
Within about 30 minutes, more than 30 units — including several heavy rescue personnel — were already on-site.
Firefighters could be seen walking around the scene, in some cases getting underneath the rubble of scaffolding.
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