A building at Downie Timber lies in pieces after the roof collapsed Wednesday afternoon. Fortunately, no one is the building when it came down. 'I've never seen anything like this,' said one employee. The roof came down at around 3:30 p.m., another worker said, most likely due to the snow load.

A building at Downie Timber lies in pieces after the roof collapsed Wednesday afternoon. Fortunately, no one is the building when it came down. 'I've never seen anything like this,' said one employee. The roof came down at around 3:30 p.m., another worker said, most likely due to the snow load.

Snow-loaded roof collapses at Downie Timber

  • Mar. 2, 2011 10:00 a.m.

How much snow has there been this winter? Enough to cave-in the roof of a building at Downie Timber it seems. Fortunately, no one was in the building when it came down at around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday afternoon. “I’ve never seen anything like this,” said one employee.

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