Oakland Pier Collapses Into Brooklyn Basin
  • 6 years ago
Part of a pier collapsed in Oakland, California on Friday, December 1, at the site of a housing and retail development.This footage shows the moment a portion of the pier crumbled and fell into the Brooklyn Basin during construction work. About 30 feet of the pier and a portion of the road collapsed, according to the East Bay Times, but nobody was injured in the accident. A crew member from the Oakland Fire Department told the newspaper it was investigating the cause of the accident, which happened near the intersection of 5th Avenue and Embarcadero. The site is being developed into 3100 homes as part of the Brooklyn Basin development. Credit: Instagram/Silvestrum Climate Associates via Storyful
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