Parking Garage Collapses at Watergate Complex in Washington, DC

More than 25 firefighters arrived at the scene.

ByABC News
May 1, 2015, 3:29 PM
A parking garage collapse at the Watergate office building, April 30, 2015.
A parking garage collapse at the Watergate office building, April 30, 2015.
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— -- One person was injured today when the parking garage at the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C., collapsed, authorities said.

Search and rescue teams looked through the rubble in search of people soon after the collapse occurred this morning.

Fire department spokesman Timothy Wilson said three stories of the garage collapsed. One person sustained a minor injury and was taken to a nearby hospital.

The area was under construction at the time, officials said.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.