Firefighters are searching for anyone that may have been trapped when the roof collapsed on an office building in northwest Bakersfield. The broken wood and twisted nails show just how bad it could have been. Barbara Natalia, Witness, "This is incredible. Who could possibly believe the roof would fall in on a two year old building?"The building on Meaney Ave in northwest Bakersfield that houses State Farm Insurance and other businesses, was full of people working, when without warning, the overhang on one side of the building came crashing down.The crash was so loud and so violent people working next door say they felt the ground shake and came running outside to see what happened.Matt Brady, Witness, "You can see the pipes. They had to shut off the water. There was water squirting out all over on both ends."A woman who was standing outside suffered some minor scratches on her leg.According to employees, everyone else was accounted for.Even so, firefighters spend more than an hour searching the rubble for anyone that may have been trapped. The cause of the collapse is still unknown.
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