PITTSBURGH — A house partially collapsed as severe storms moved through the area on Thursday.
The incident happened on Sheffield Street in Pittsburgh’s Manchester neighborhood.
The storms caused part of a condemned house to come crumbling down. Some of the debris came down and hit the side of the neighboring home.
The man who lives in that neighboring home, Tyler Shemberg, said it caused his kitchen wall to cave in, knocking a stove and cabinets across the room.
“I heard a crack, kind of sounded like a tree coming down and I checked out the window and this house that’s been condemned for a while pushed through our kitchen wall and knocked everything across the room,” Shemberg said.
The condemned home has been a big point of frustration.
“We’ve been here for a little over two years and it’s been abandoned and falling apart this whole time,” Shemberg said.
Now, because of the damage caused by the debris, the house Shemberg is staying in has also been condemned.
He said the collapse could have happened at any point.
“It could’ve been any storm, but yeah, absolutely.”
A city inspector told Channel 11’s Rich Pierce that no one can live in the newly condemned home until it is fixed.
Channel 11 spoke with that home’s owner, who said the situation is frustrating, but not surprising.
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