Cleanup continues after Aurora building collapse

Right, Lauren. It's a good thing no one was standing right there. The video shows just how sudden this collapse was, how close it came to pedestrians and cars that were on the street. Now, there were some minor injuries to people who were in the ground floor barbershop, but no one was on the sidewalk when that debris spilled into the street. Here's the video from the security camera right across the street. It happened at 637 last night. Pedestrians are at the corner. Cars are driving by. Engineers say the roof collapsed, which pushed the facade and the scaffolding that was attached to it. It hit a truck that was parked on the street. The fire department did a controlled collapse by spraying water at weakened parts of the building last night. Now, last year, bricks fell off the building onto the sidewalk. The upstairs apartments were evacuated, but residents were able to return home. And since then, the owner had applied for permits to make improvements, but the work had not started. Bricks fell last year. It was a failure of the veneer on the outside of the building. It was a non-structural component, and it was determined by an independent engineer that came out and assessed it that the bricks had fallen due to a deterioration of the ties behind the bricks that secure them. So there was a repair proposed, a permit applied for, and then issued in 2026 this year for a repair of the veneer itself. Well, the crews have been working to make this area safe. They just opened one lane of traffic, so there is progress here. And the officials say that those three people who were injured, they were taken to a hospital just as a precaution. They're expected to make full recoveries. Reporting live in Aurora, I'm Jody Lum, Fox Chicago.