Berkeley balcony collapse: Safety officials launch probe

Safety officials in Berkeley are inspecting the apartment complex where six Irish students were killed after a balcony collapsed.

Inspectors visited Library Gardens at 2020 Kittredge St yesterday. The balcony for the affected unit, as well as the three other similar balconies in the building, were each red-tagged, prohibiting any access to those areas, city officials said.

A spokesperson for the city said: “Officials ordered the property owner to immediately remove the balcony and to perform a structural assessment of the remaining balconies within 48 hours. The building finished construction in January 2007.