Firefighter hospitalized after building partially collapses in Manchester

A firefighter was hospitalized after a building partially collapsed in Manchester on Wednesday night.

Firefighters from the Manchester Fire Department responded to the East Meadow Condos on Thompson Road at about 7:30 p.m. when a brick facade wall on the outside of the building started coming down, fire officials said.

The bricks tumbled down into a parking lot on the outside of the structure, damaging three cars that were parked nearby. Residents of the building were evacuated, according to fire officials.

One firefighter suffered a minor injury during the incident and was taken to an area hospital, fire officials said.

No other injuries were reported.

Residents were allowed back into the building after it was deemed safe to do so, though the facade walls will likely have to be taken down as this was not the first time part of the walls collapsed, according to officials.