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Workers and officials inspect the collapse at the Horseshoe Casino under construction on Friday, Jan. 27, 2012, in Cincinnati. Authorities say at least 11 people have been taken to hospitals with minor injuries, non life-threatening.
By msnbc.com news services
A partial collapse at a casino construction site early Friday in Cincinnati has?left at least 11 people with minor injuries, according to news reports.
Ten of the wounded were taken to area hospitals, but their conditions were unknown, Jennifer Spieser, a fire department spokeswoman, told NBC News. The collapse was a ?large? event, with 26 fire companies sent to the scene, she added.
Authorities reported differing numbers of the wounded, with fire officials saying 13 had been hospitalized and police saying at
least 11 were.
Workers were pouring concrete on the structure's second floor when a metal beam in the middle of the section fell, making the second floor buckle. No one was underneath the collapse, Fire Chief Dick Braun told The Cincinnati Enquirer.
Firefighters had to craft a makeshift bridge to move the injured workers due to muddy conditions. The site was closed and workers sent home, said city spokeswoman Meg Olberding, the newspaper reported.
Rock Gaming is developing the casino in partnership with Caesar's Entertainment.
A partial collapse of a garage at another Ohio casino under construction -- and also being developed by the Rock Gaming-Caesar's partnership -- occurred last month. No one was injured in that incident, according to The Associated Press.
The Associated Press and NBC News services contributed to this report.
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