An apartment block facade has collapsed in eastern Helsinki. The accident happened in Kontula, at Keinulaudantie 5.
"We don't yet know the cause of the accident," said Marjo Lyytikäinen, chair of the board at the housing company that owns the apartment block.
Lyytikäinen said that people had been in the building's yard at the time of the collapse, but nobody was hit by falling debris. The area has now been fenced off.
Sanna Niemikunnas, who plays oboe in the Radio Symphony Orchestra, was in her rehearsal room on the building's sixth floor at the time of the accident.
"I heard a horrible cracking sound," said Niemikunnas. "I rushed to see what had happened."
Niemikunnas said that the bench underneath the collapsed facade was often used by older people passing the time of day.
"When I got downstairs I realised that there was nothing to be done if people were underneath," said Niemikunnas. "It's amazing that nobody was there at the time."
The collapse was reported first by Helsingin Uutiset.
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