A Second Highlands House Collapses
49 Second Street, Highlands. Click for larger view.
For the second time in less than a month, a home being lifted above the floodplain has collapsed in the borough of Highlands.
At 9:43 this evening the Highlands Police Department received a call that the house at 49 Second Street had collapsed.
The Highlands Fire Department and eight volunteer members of the Highlands First Aid Squad are on the scene. There were no injuries reported. Gas and electric utilities were shut off. The utility companies have not been notified and neighboring homes have not been evacuated.
The home had already been lifted. A resident on the scene told MMM that the cause of the collapse is believed to be wind.
On August 23, a house being lifted onto its temporary cribbing collapsed in the borough. The contractor on the scene of the August
49 Second St, Highlands on July 26. Photo courtesy of Kerry McEntee Gowan via facebook
23rd incident said it was an accident.
There was no contractor on the scene in Highlands tonight. A lawn sign for Jerome Homes House Lifting was on the Second Street property.
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have to rethink and re- define living right at / around the shore… Wondering how old/ sturdy this one was, in the first place.. Seems like, in a time of great, extensive unemployment, it is time to invest in educating more structural engineers, builders, and other trades people,to help with this massive and sad problem: hitting a junior college after high school with little training, or getting liberal arts degrees these days may not be very realistic or prudent: maybe we need more strong, smart people to fix and build things better, and less bureaucracy and regulation from “paper-pushers” and know it all politicians, now!!.