Apartment building partially collapses in New Jersey, residents evacuated

The basement of an apartment building in Hawthorne, N.J., reportedly collapsed on Sunday, forcing several residents out of their homes. Nine people were evacuated from the two-story building at Hawthorne Garden Apartments, according to the Bergen Record. Though 12 units were compromised, no one was seriously injured. Hawthorne Fire Chief Joseph Speranza told the Record the collapse was likely caused by heavily saturated ground. “They’re going to need an engineer to come and look at it. There’s a good chance they will lose part of the building, or at least...