Car Crashes Into Apartment Building

Residents of two Rochester apartment units are displaced after a car crashed into an apartment complex yesterday morning

Residents of two rochester apartment units are displaced after a car crashed into an apartment complex yesterday morning.

Kimt news 3's annalise johnson is learning how firefighters safely respond to these kinds of situations ?

"* and what happens next.

She joins us live.

Katie ?

"* amy ?

"* imagine you sitting in your living room when all of a sudden ?

"* a car crashes through the wall of the room next to you... right into a bedroom.

That's exactly what happened here at essex park apartments.

You can see the hole in the wall has now been secured.

The rochester fire department evacuated the residents of the unit ?

"* as well as the people who live in the apartment upstairs.

When responding to these kinds of incidents where the structural integrity of the building is jeopardized ?

"* rochester fire captain caleb feine tells me life safety comes first ?

"* and then assessing the building.

Does this have a basement, is this a large building, is this a residential building, just different things we need to look at from a structural standpoint.

How much damage has been done.

Are utilities a problem, do we have to worry about electrical, gas, water, things that could potentially harm us, the occupants, or the vehicle that went into the building captain feine tells me these incidents don't happen often ?

"* but they do happen occasionally and the rochester fire department always needs to be ready.

Rochester has a state funded heavy rescue and structural collapse team.

So rfd has the capability to respond to even more severe situations like this ?

"* if they ever need to.

Live in rochester?

"* annalise thank you annalise.

Now ?

"* building safety will work with the owner of the complex to make sure everything is structurally safe going forward.

The displaced residents are being