Roof Collapses at Parkville Middle School

PARKVILLE, MD – Crews responding to a fire alarm at Parkville Middle School Monday night arrived to find the roof had partially collapsed, according to Baltimore County public safety officials.

At 9:50 p.m. on Monday, first responders were dispatched to the school in the 8700 block of Avondale Road, where they discovered that an uneven snow drift caused the roof to collapse, according to EMS Lieutenant Tim Rostkowski.

There were no injuries as a result of the incident, which happened in the part of the school adjacent to the gym, Rostkowksi said.

Before midnight, he reported that a fire protection engineer was evaluating the situation.

The engineer determined that the part of the building where the partial collapse occurred was unsafe, according to WJZ, which reported those who arrived first at the scene had found water coming from the school’s front doors.

Baltimore County Public Schools were closed on Tuesday, Jan. 26, as public works crews continued to clear roads across the county, where up to 32 inches of snow fell during the weekend’s snowstorm.

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