From Trussville Tribune staff reports
BIRMINGHAM –Police closed off roads in parts of Southside on Friday night when they found bricks falling from the former Liberty National Insurance building on 20th Street South between 3rd and 4th avenues.
According to Birmingham police, full size bricks were falling from the structure onto the 20th Street sidewalk. There were no injuries reported.
A section of the exterior wall on a floor near the top of the building, which is over 85-years-old, appeared to have buckled in video (see below) provided by BPD.
The building has been vacant since the insurance company moved it’s employees from the longtime Birmingham home to Hoover in 2010. The company had already moved headquarters operations to Texas after being purchased by Torchmark.
Birmingham Fire and Rescue units were also on the scene, according to authorities, as well as city building inspectors.
@bham_fire & BPD on scene @2024 4th ave s…building debris falling. No injuries pic.twitter.com/9PCGXWGeTr
— Birmingham Police (@BhamPolice) February 20, 2016