Crime & Safety

Building Destroyed In Massive College Park Fire Being Demolished (Video)

The five-alarm April 24 blaze drew in more than 200 firefighters from around the D.C. area.

COLLEGE PARK, MD — Authorities are demolishing the apartment building that was under construction on Berwyn House Road in College Park before it erupted in a huge five-alarm fire back in April.

Prince George's County Fire Department spokesman Mark Brady tweeted video of construction equipment tearing through the building, which is embedded below. Authorities still don't know what caused the fire.

It was the largest fire suppression effort in the history of Prince George's County, drawing more than 200 firefighters from around the D.C. area to try to get the blaze under control. No one was seriously injured in the fire.

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