Wall Collapse at 2nd and Wharton

Today was another bizarre chapter in the case of the warehouse that fell to a fire at 2nd and Wharton last December. Check out this tweet from the afternoon

@pennsporter 2nd and Wharton: wall collapse with blown transformer/power outage. 2nd st closed at Manton twitter.com/dstaples1/stat…
— David Staples (@dstaples1) May 10, 2013

Another fine Pennsporter snapped these later today. Peep the scene:

Wall collapsed atop these drooping wires

PECO on the scene to deal with the electrical wires

What's left of the former warehouse

It was confirmed at the April 10th General Membership Meeting that this is the future site of eleven town homes. However, I doubt downed wires followed by a transformer explosion was part of the demolition plans.

Big ups to @LeeuhBfab and @dstaples1 on Twitter for info on today's happenings.