Originally published Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 12:00 AM

No one hurt by falling bricks in International District

No one was hurt when bricks fell from the face of a building in Seattle's Chinatown International District and rained on the sidewalk.

By Times staff and news Services

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MIKE SIEGEL / THE SEATTLE TIMES

Seattle Fire Department stand near a building at the corner of 7th and Jackson where hundreds of bricks fell from the facade of a building in the International District Tuesday afternoon.

No one was hurt when bricks fell from the face of a building in Seattle's Chinatown International District and rained on the sidewalk.

The Seattle Fire Department evacuated about a dozen people from the building, at Seventh Avenue South and South Jackson Street, and closed Jackson after the collapse at 1 p.m. Tuesday. The bricks fell from a 40-foot section of the second floor of the older three-story building.

Fire Department spokeswoman Dana Vander Houwen said firefighters used thermal-imaging equipment to make sure no one was buried. She says a smaller section of bricks fell an hour later.

Building inspectors from the city Department of Planning and Development will determine whether there's a danger of more falling bricks and whether the building can be occupied, Vander Houwen said.

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