In April, it was discovered that a part of the stairs leading to the second floor suddenly collapsed in an apartment in Hachioji, Tokyo, and a woman in her 50s fell and became unconscious.
The Metropolitan Police Department will conduct on-site inspections on the 20th to check if there are any problems with the construction and management of the apartment.
According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, on April 17, at an apartment in Minamishincho, Hachioji City, a woman in her 50s was climbing the stairs leading to the second floor, and a part of the stairs suddenly collapsed and fell about 2 meters down. Did.
The woman was taken to the hospital by hitting her head hard, but became unconscious.
The collapsed staircase is a combination of metal and wood.
The apartment is a three-story wooden building, which was built eight years ago in 2013, but it is said that the building itself may be damaged as well as being unable to go up to the second and third floors due to the collapse of the stairs. This means that other residents are currently evacuating to hotels and other places.
The Metropolitan Police Department will conduct on-site inspections on the 20th to check if there are any problems with the construction and management of the apartment.
Residents of the apartment "Very surprised"
A woman in her 40s who rented a room on the first floor of the apartment said, "I wasn't in the room on the day of the accident, but yesterday I was very surprised to hear from the police that the stairs had fallen." So I haven't used the stairs, but I was a little worried because the sound of other residents going up and down was heard. I'm worried about what will happen in the future. "