A few blocks of Highway 17 in Georgetown
are closed indefinitely after a building located near a sinkhole
collapsed late Thursday night.
The Frasier Street building
collapsed just before 11:00 p.m. Thursday. No injuries have been
reported. The building , Which housed a UPS store and a Marine Corp Recruiting station, has fallen about 15 feet into the ground at
Parrish Place on North Fraser Street in Georgetown.
No other buildings have been affected by the sinkhole, but an Allstate Insurance building is very close to the damaged area. And since the UPS store fronts onto Highway 17, investigators have closed off part of Highway 17 near the destruction.
Officials say the road closures are a precautionary measure to ensure
the safety of citizens and motorists. Fraser Street from Highmarket to
Front Street is also closed. Northbound traffic will be rerouted to
Hazard Street and southbound traffic is being rerouted to Merriman
Street.
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