At 3 a.m. Wednesday, the Lexington Fire Department sent nine special operations personnel and a collapse truck to help search and rescue efforts in Martin County, where an 11-story coal sorting building collapsed the night before. A statement from the governor's office said that two workers were preparing the structure for demolition and were trapped when it fell on them. Captain Chris Roode is with the Lexington Fire Department.
“What they have with them is what we call our collapse truck. And so it is reinforced even more with heavy shoring, heavy tools, jackhammers drills, rigging equipment, so you know if they need to get a crane on site, they'll have enough rigging stuff to get started.”
