Landslide Destroyed Building In Provo

A house under construction in Provo is in state οf collapse, due to the landslide that occurred because of a garden hose, which belongs to the back yard of another house.

A house under construction in Provo is in state οf collapse, due to the landslide that occurred because of a garden hose, which belongs to the back yard of another house. The building is located at 1450 East 1244 North.

During the landslide, two workers were inside the building, and when they felt the ground moving, they got out in time. The cost of damage is estimated at $100.000.

Lynn Schofield, Provo Fire Marshal said "There's been a slope failure behind the house that knocked down a retaining wall. The retaining wall was knocked into the house, as well as mud and soil, and pushed the framing part of the home off the floor structure." He, also, added "We've already had a ton of rain over the past few weeks, so the ground is already pretty well saturated, leave a garden hose on top of that, and it adds 8.35 pounds-per-gallon of water that drops into the soil, as that soil gets wetter and wetter and wetter–it gets heavier and heavier and heavier"

At the time of writing, geotechnical civil engineers examine the hillside if it is stable enough for building the house.