Firefighters investigating a gas leak at Northway Mall in Anchorage on Wednesday morning discovered a small section of the roof had collapsed, officials said.
-- largely those built with wood trusses during the 1970s and 1980s -- to clear snow off roofs.
The collapse was not easily visible from inside the building because the wooden trusses are hidden by the suspended ceiling, Boyd said.The east side of the building, which houses the trampoline park, has steel trusses and did not have any damage, Boyd said. The business was deemed safe and reopened on Wednesday. Planet Fitness and the main mall remained closed Thursday, Boyd said.
It wasn’t immediately clear if the partial roof collapse caused the gas leak, Boyd said. The leak wasn’t in the same location as the collapse, but Boyd said pipes may have been pulled or shifted because of the collapse. Boyd said it appears the partial collapse may have occurred sometime during the last few weeks and went unnoticed until the gas odor was reported.
Four buildings in Anchorage have seen significant portions of their roofs collapse during the past month. One person died and two were trapped when the roof of a
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