Police and fire departments in Smithfield and surrounding towns have responded to an emergency situation at Bryant University.
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Officials at Bryant University say workers were in the process of putting up the steel frame of a dome on its new athletic center when the structure collapsed.
Police said a 9-1-1 call of a building collapse came in around 8:30 a.m., the Providence Journal reports. The six men were alert and conscious, and none of their injuries were determined to be life-threatening, she said.
Construction began on the 78,000-square-foot building in May.
North Smithfield Fire Chief Robert Seltzer said the men were in various locations – on top of the structure, inside or working in cranes to move steel around – when the steel collapsed.
Classes resume at the university next week.
Smithfield RI 1150 Douglas Pike Bryant Univ. Cos on scene with a 100×50 building collapse.
An Eyewitness News crew is on the way to the scene.
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