'This building is actually a fireproof-rated building. The floors, the roof everything is concrete, the walls are masonry. Had that not happened, this could have been absolutely devastating.'
explosion in a South Austin apartment building left behind
"One investigator said that they don't believe it's gas. That's all I've got to go with. I asked him if it's not gas what could it be? And he said 'a boom.'" CBS 2 dug into the building's inspection history: The property does have a long record of violations with the building department but they were all relatively minor infractions. Viere confirmed there were inspectors out here one week ago checking smoke detectors and they brought every unit into compliance.
"This building is actually a fireproof-rated building. The floors, the roof everything is concrete, the walls are masonry. Had that not happened, this could have been absolutely devastating," Viere said." front half of the building probably would have been obliterated."
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