March 13, 2019
Wind damages downtown Poplar Bluff building
High winds appear to have caused bricks to fall off a downtown Poplar Bluff building Wednesday afternoon. The Poplar Bluff Fire Department used a ladder truck as Chief Ralph Stucker and Captain Jeff Hale inspected the building on Poplar Street. It appeared that the wind lifted the medal flashing on the roof, loosening the attached bricks that landed on a lower roof of the law offices of Little, Schellhammer, Richardson and Knowlan, as well as the sidewalk and edge of the street...
City firefighters responded at 4:38 p.m. Wednesday to a report of bricks falling off of the Little, Schellhammer, Richardson & Knowlan office, 123 S. Second St.
According to the report, firefighters found bricks in the road, which had came loose from the top of the building.
Firefighters used a ladder to get a closer look at the roof and found the metal flashing on the top of the roof was loose. The wind was causing it to lift and fall, knocking bricks loose.
Street department personnel responded and set up barriers and tape to keep the area safe.
Sustained wins reaching 25 mph with gusts as high as 40 were recorded at Poplar Bluff Municipal Airport.
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