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March 27, 2012
New York City issued a full vacate order for a three-story Queens house constructed in 2005 after the third floor collapsed. The cause of the collapse, which happened during a party, is under investigation by the city’s Department of Buildings. A dozen people were injured, one seriously, when the floor fell.
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