Emergency personnel clear debris as they search for trapped construction workers after a building undergoing construction collapsed in Washington on July 1, 2021. Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters
WASHINGTON—Five workers were injured Thursday when a building under construction collapsed in the nation’s capital, trapping one man for more than an hour as firefighters worked feverishly to free him from layers of debris.
The collapse happened around 3:30 p.m. in the Brightwood Park neighborhood of Washington.