Collapse of built environment

A building partially collapsed Wednesday in downtown Aurora, video taken by the city's mayor showed.At least three people were hospitalized with minor injuries, officials said.The incident happened at North Broadway and East Galena Boulevard, Mayor John Laesch said on Facebook.Emergency crews could be seen responding to the building. Firefighters were evacuating people, officials said.The site appeared to be the same building that was evacuated in August 2025 after its exterior crumbled.There is at least one business, a barber shop, on the first floor but city officials say no one was living on the upper floors and no work was being done on the building at the time.
The city's focus is on stabilizing the structure and making sure there is no further collapse."There is scaffolding that was set up out there," said Jesse Kolar, Director of Building and Permits for the City of Aurora. "The scaffolding itself has collapsed along with the portion of the building here and the roof structure. There is a permit for repairs of the facade, but it was a non-structural repair that was going."
People ABC7 spoke with say they have concerns."It's almost scary walking downtown now," Aurora resident Layza Ceballos said. "Knowing that things like this happen it's like what's building is next, what next accident can happen. It makes downtown feel a lot less safe."The cause of the collapse was not yet know.