What we know after building collapse in Chicago suburb

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Yeah, guys, I mean, this damage is pretty hard to miss here
in downtown Aurora. It's extensive and I'll step out of the way
and you can see it for yourself as well.
Now, almost 12 hours since that happened.
We know cleanup and street closures are underway here in downtown
Aurora this morning after this building partially collapsed last night.
Here's a better look at that for you. We are on East Galena Boulevard
in downtown and you can see obviously the debris
and kind of the barricades kind of blocking off this area. You got
tape around here, road closures around here,
and we'll get into all of that in just a little bit.
You can see, though, there was a pickup truck
that was parked just underneath all of that
scaffolding and that building there.
We are told that no one was inside that truck at the time,
so obviously some good news there that nobody was inside,
but of course a lot of damage done
to that truck as well. Guys,
this all happened at around 6 30 last night when officials say
scaffolding, which was apparently only put up just a few months ago,
and then part of the exterior
The interior wall came crashing down
They say security videos suggest the roof caved in first,
pulling that scaffolding and the wall down with it.
We've learned three people were hurt.
Thankfully, all of them are expected to be okay.
Overnight, people living here were evacuated just as a precaution,
while firefighters used a drone to look at the damage from up above.
They also brought down some other unstable parts of the building
so that more debris wouldn't fall into the road.
Police in Aurora right now are asking
the public to stay away from this.
area and use alternate routes to get around if possible.
Right now, Broadway is shut down from New York Street to Downer Place.
Galena Boulevard also closed from River Street to Broadway
and from Broadway to Lincoln Avenue.
Back out here live in downtown Aurora.
Once again, police have been here on standby just making sure there
are no drivers going into this area.
This isn't the first time, by the way,
that this building has had problems.
We've actually learned some bricks fell off
the same building just last year.
But investigators did come out
and say yesterday that that had nothing to do with the partial.
The building collapsed here yesterday.
Of course, the exact cause of this collapse
is still under investigation this morning.
Guys.
