One building is 'structurally compromised' and another is 'full of mold,' officials said.
Dozens of residents in northwest Indiana were being forced from their homes on Wednesday morning.
The Merrillville Fire Department shut down two buildings in the Hickory Ridge Lake Apartments in the 5600 block of Hayes Street after they were deemed unsafe and unlivable. "The brick front wall of one building had buckled outward, so the building has become structurally compromised," Police Chief Kosta Nuses said."And they went to the next building just north of it, and that one was full of mold, too, so everyone in that building had to be evacuated," Nuses said.
The police department was called to the scene at about 9:30 a.m. to help evacuate the buildings, and all tenants were safely removed. There are 48 units in the affected buildings, and 12 families have been displaced.Anyone affected by this incident can contact the Ross Township Trustee's Office at 219-769-2111 or the American Red Cross at 219-756-5360.
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