Massive warehouse collapses in PG County

Crews search for missing worker

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Posted: 06/29/2012

CHEVERLY, Md - A Prince George's County fire official says a massive warehouse has collapsed in Cheverly and crews are searching for a worker who is missing.

Lt. Jacqueline Riley said late Thursday that the roof of the warehouse at 1501 Cabin Branch Drive. caved in at about 10 p.m.

She said "all the roof is gone. That's a big collapse."

Crews were working late Thursday to locate a male worker who is unaccounted for.

Riley said she didn't know who owned the warehouse in Cheverly, which is just across the border from Washington, D.C.

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