Crime & Safety

Huge Chunk of Ice Crashes Through Ceiling into Apartment Building

No one was hurt when ice fell into the stairwell at Avalon Oaks.

Photos Courtesy Wilmington Police Department

A huge chunk of ice fell through the roof and into a stairwell at the Avalon Oaks complex in Wilmington Sunday afternoon.

Wilmington Police say thankfully no one was hurt.

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The iced landed in a back stairwell of the apartment complex, WBZ reported. According to that report, the “ice boulder” weighed a couple hundred pounds and fell approximately 15 feet before it landed in the stairwell.

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