Roof Of Ocean City Business Collapses Due To Heavy Snow

OCEAN CITY, NJ — Heavy snow piled on top of GG's Diamond Cleaners in Ocean City caused the building's roof to collapse early Tuesday morning, city officials said.

First responders were called to the scene at 609 Asbury Ave. at 8:13 a.m.

The building was unoccupied at the time and no one was injured, city spokesperson Doug Bergen said.

Two families in an adjacent second-story residence were temporarily removed from the building to allow construction officials to assess the building’s structure, Bergen said.

Ocean City was among the communities hit the hardest by Monday’s snowstorm.

As of Tuesday morning, the National Weather Service reported that the highest double-digit snow total in New Jersey was recorded in Ocean City at 14 inches. Read more: 14 Inches Of Snow In Parts Of NJ: See Snow Totals, Power Outages

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