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Second crane topples onto Florida home while trying to remove first fallen crane

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Dobkin, R. (2026, September 24). Second crane topples onto Florida home while trying to remove first fallen crane. The Independent. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/florida-cranes-accident-fort-lauderdale-home-b3056047.html

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The Independent · collected 2026-09-24 · by Rachel Dobkin

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In Fort Lauderdale, Florida, a second crane collapsed onto a home while firefighters attempted to remove a first fallen crane on Thursday morning around 9:15 AM ET. The initial crane had landed on the roof of a house undergoing renovation, causing significant structural damage. When another truck-mounted crane was brought in to lift the first crane off the property, its beam failed under the load and crashed onto the home again. No injuries were reported from either incident.
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A second crane toppled onto a home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Thursday morning while firefighters attempted to remove a first fallen crane. The incident occurred around 9:15 AM ET when a crane attached to a truck fell onto the roof of a house that was sustaining significant structural damage. Firefighters brought another truck-mounted crane to lift out the initial fallen crane but its beam collapsed under weight, causing further damage to the property. No injuries were reported; however, Dina DeMayo, owner of one affected home, expressed her frustration over the incident and its impact on recent renovations. The homeowner had recently moved into the neighborhood and was in the process of remodeling their house when this unfortunate event occurred.

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2 of 16 hedged ("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Who wrote this

Rachel Dobkin
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Topics

Fire Rescue Florida Fort Lauderdale Independent The Independent

Subjects

Fort Lauderdale GPE · 2× Fire Rescue ORG · 1× Florida GPE · 1× Frank Guzman PERSON · 1× Guzman PERSON · 1× Independent ORG · 1× Mike PERSON · 1× Spanish NORP · 1× The Independent ORG · 1× the Miami Herald ORG · 1×

Narrative

“My heart goes out to him right now, and his family, because they were just so excited to move into this house, and now they have to deal with this tragedy just because somebody wasn’t really paying attention and doing what they needed to do.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-25
🔮 "It split the garage, it went right through the top and split down, so I called 911 and they said get out of the house," Dina DeMayo, the owner of one of the homes that was damaged, told news outlet WABC.

Claims (16 extracted, 2 hedged)

A second crane has toppled onto a home in Florida while fire crews tried to use it to remove a first fallen crane. asserted
crews → topple → crane
Firefighters raced to the Fort Lauderdale home at around 9:15 a.m. ET Thursday after a crane attached to a truck fell onto the roof. asserted
crane → race → roof
“The house that the crane fell onto sustained significant structural damage,” Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue spokesman Frank Guzman told The Independent. asserted
Guzman → fall → Independent
Video taken by fire crews shows the crane’s weight lifting the truck off the road with only the front passenger tire remaining on the ground. asserted
tire → take → ground
The crane sat on the Spanish tile roof of the home’s garage. asserted
crane → sit → garage
Crews brought in another truck-mounted crane to lift the first crane out, but its beam collapsed onto the home from the weight it was carrying, Guzman told the Miami Herald. asserted
Guzman → bring → Herald
No one was injured during the incident. asserted
one → injure → incident
A neighbor said the homeowner had been remodeling it. asserted
homeowner → say → it
“It’s a shame that I saw this happen. asserted
this → ’ → ?
This is a new friend of mine; he just moved into the neighborhood, and he’s been renovating the house,” the neighbor named Mike told news outlet WSVN. asserted
neighbor → move → WSVN
“My heart goes out to him right now, and his family, because they were just so excited to move into this house, and now they have to deal with this tragedy just because somebody wasn’t really paying attention and doing what they needed to do. asserted
they → go → what
It’s unclear what caused the first crane to collapse. uncertain
crane → ’ → ?
A fire inspector and the city’s building department were called to assess the damage. asserted
inspector → call → damage
A crane collapsed on two homes in River Vale, New Jersey, last Thursday after the ground beneath a tree company truck that the crane was attached to gave way, according to reports. uncertain
crane → collapse → reports
"It split the garage, it went right through the top and split down, so I called 911 and they said get out of the house," Dina DeMayo, the owner of one of the homes that was damaged, told news outlet WABC. asserted
that → split → WABC
No one was injured in the incident. asserted
one → injure → incident
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