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Wind gusts of close to 100km (60 mph) blew the roof off this apartment in Moose Jaw today.

From Discover Moose Jaw:


Like the scene out of movie a metal roof was ripped right off an apartment building in downtown Moose Jaw this morning. Ken Hawkes was driving by just before 10:00am.

"The roof of the building, a multi-story apartment block, lifted straight up and just flipped over and onto the building beside it. There was bits and pieces flying with one great big gust of wind that nearly knocked my car off the road."

The gust hit the building on the 200 block of High Street West around 9:30am, sending tenants into the street. "It sounded like we got hit by a tornado there was this big rumble on the front of the building", one man said. "This guy saw bricks falling in front of his window, the guy right beside saw the whole thing going onto the neighbours roof."

Emergency crews rushed to the scene and right now it doesn't appear that anyone was hurt. Crews are busy trying to secure the structure so there is no additional damage to the neighbouring home the roof landed on.

Ryan Burton lives on the top floor of the apartment building, but wasn't home at the time. "I don't have anywhere to go, obviously the roof is collpased in so what am I going to have left of my stuff?"

Tenants that have been displaced are being told to go to the Salvation Army on 1st Avenue North East where the Red Cross has set up an information centre "We have our registration centre set up right now and there's about 25 people here," said Major Don Law.

Architects and engineers need to look at the structure before anyone goes back inside. The Red Cross is setting up a shelter so those affected will have a place to lay their heads tonight.

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Taken on: September 29, 2009
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