Sunday, July 15, 2012

Roof collapsed in JC Penney store in Tucson because of heavy rain - Tucson News Now

TUCSON, AZ (Tucson News Now) -

A roof collapsed Sunday at the JC Penney store at 4861 N. Stone Avenue because of rain, Tucson Fire told Tucson News Now.

The store was flooded after water lines broke and and rain leaked through the roof, Capt. Jeff Langejans said.

No one was injured, Langejans said.

Witnesses reporting seeing smoke from the building around 5:30 p.m.

Langejans said the building might have been struck by lightning.

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