NORTH BRADDOCK, Pa. — A home crumbling to pieces sent neighbors evacuating in North Braddock.
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The building began to collapse on Stokes Street and neighbors had to leave due to the high risk of danger.
“It was just like this big boom, sounded like thunder and lightning, and then we all just jumped up out of our sleep like what was that,” said a neighbor.
They say they are glad it’s gone now because it was a blight.
North Braddock’s council president said they are working on the problem of abandoned properties in the area.
“It’s taken 40 years to get in this state and the council that we have right now is aggressively moving to find ways to remedy these problems and make this a healthy community,” said Lisa Franklin-Robinson, North Braddock Council president.
Franklin-Robinson said the council is currently finding ways to save money and get grants to be put toward tearing condemned or abandoned houses down.
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