Snow blamed for another roof collapse in the Tri-Cities
Weeks of snow was too much for an apartment complex carport in Kennewick.
Firefighters and police were called to the Phoenix Manor Apartments on the 400 block of Olympia Street at 9 p.m. Thursday after someone noticed the structure gave out, Kennewick police said.
The carport, made with a wooden roof held up by metal poles, gave out under the weight of the snow, police said. They counted 18 cars damaged by the collapse.
This morning, 16 were still beneath the snow-covered roof.
No one was injured.
People living in the complex were warned, and vehicles were moved from the other carports.
It was the second reported roof collapse Thursday. A portion of the canopy at a Circle K gas station at 26th Avenue and Court Street fell about 1:30 p.m.
This story was originally published March 1, 2019 at 9:19 AM with the headline "Snow blamed for another roof collapse in the Tri-Cities."