L&I officials are investigating the collapse of a vacant home in North Philadelphia.
The three-story house on the 2500 block of North 6th Street collapsed Sunday morning, less than 10 days after the back wall of the structure fell to the ground, according to reports.
"It was still coming down during the week. Pieces were still falling down," said Joe Ramirez, a neighbor. "It could have killed somebody."
Officials say the building is vacant and no one was injured during the collapse Sunday, but neighbors told NBC10 the partial collapse that occurred last week hurt a man who was staying at the home.
Philadelphia's Department of Licenses & Inspections issued violations for the initial collapse on March 16, indicating the property was "imminently dangerous."
But officials with L&I say the owner was having trouble securing the funds for an engineer's report and demolition.
The city agency planned to handle the demolition on the owner's behalf and issue her a bill, but the action didn't come soon enough.
L&I officials arrived at the scene shortly after the collapse and proceeding to demolish the remaining structure.
An investigation into the collapse will continue.
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