{"id":410506,"date":"2026-09-25T17:16:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T17:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/410506\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T17:16:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T17:16:07","slug":"crews-make-progress-in-removing-collapsed-cranes-from-roof-of-fort-lauderdale-home-wsvn-7news-miami-news-weather-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/410506\/","title":{"rendered":"Crews make progress in removing collapsed cranes from roof of Fort Lauderdale home – WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) – Construction crews removed one of the two massive cranes that collapsed onto a Fort Lauderdale home<\/a>, as they continued to make progress in their cleanup efforts.<\/p>\n

7News cameras captured crews removing the crane off the front lawn of the house, located along the 800 block of Southeast Eighth Street, Friday morning.<\/p>\n

The first crane that was attached to a truck toppled over at around 9:15 a.m. on Thursday, causing extensive damage to the home below.<\/p>\n

\u201cCrews, when they got here, they were able to report that a crane had fallen into a house and caused a significant amount of damage to the roof of the structure,\u201d said Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Ariel Alvarez.<\/p>\n

Firefighters arrived at the scene within four minutes.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a shame that I saw this happen. This is a new friend of mine; he just moved into the neighborhood, and he\u2019s been renovating the house,\u201d said a neighbor who identified himself as Mike.<\/p>\n

Investigators are still piecing together the reasons for the crane\u2019s collapse. <\/p>\n

Mike told 7News he believes the recent stormy weather may have played a role.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt diluted all the ground and all the structure that was underneath the bricks,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Moreover, Mike said, this is something that crews should have kept in mind.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat crane operator, he should\u2019ve known better. At the end of the day, you should never put something, especially, on historic homes\u2019 bricks,\u201d he said. \u201cKeep everything on the road, because that\u2019s where we know the sound structure is.\u201d<\/p>\n

But the construction mishaps didn\u2019t end there. As crews were working to extract the fallen crane, a second crane collapsed.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to deconstruct what has taken place here to get it back to a safe situation,\u201d said FLFR Chief Stephen Gollan. <\/p>\n

Authorities said they also had to take care of a leaking diesel tank. <\/p>\n

\u201cMethodically remove the pieces that have happened, part of that will require cutting the secondary crane, because of the damage to that crane, we won\u2019t be able to retrack that,\u201d said Gollan. \u201cOnce that has been removed, then they\u2019ll focus on the initial crane incident and uprighting that crane.\u201d<\/p>\n

All day Thursday, neighbors watched as crews took apart the cranes piece by piece.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy heart goes out to him right now, and his family, because they were just so excited to move into this house, and now they have to deal with this tragedy just because somebody wasn\u2019t really paying attention and doing what they needed to do,\u201d Mike said.<\/p>\n

The owner of the crane company gave an official statement regarding the incident: <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re relieved that no one was hurt. We\u2019re cooperating with the property owner, authorities and our insurance carrier. The incident is being reviewed, and we can\u2019t comment on details while that process is underway.\u201d<\/p>\n

Crews have made progress on the other crane but are still working to remove it as the cleanup continues.<\/p>\n

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