Janelle Irwin Taylor
Emergency responders are on scene and residents are being evacuated from a condo tower in Sand Key, on the south end of Clearwater Beach.
“There is a high rise condo development at 1460 Gulf Blvd in Sand Key that is currently being evacuated due to a support beam splitting,” Pinellas County Commissioner Chris Latvala posted to X Tuesday evening.
As of just after 6 p.m., the Clearwater Police Department said all residents had been evacuated.
Bay News 9 investigative reporter Josh Rojas posted shortly after 7 p.m. that the support beam crack was still growing in the 12-story condo, which has 161 units and was 40% occupied at the time of evacuation.
Latvala said the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority was also on scene assisting with evacuating residents.
Cellphone video from a user on X shows at least a dozen emergency response vehicles at the condo tower, including at least two fire trucks.
The active calls log on the Clearwater Police Department’s website shows a call to the 1400 block of Gulf Boulevard at 3:55 p.m., noted as a “hazard.”
A call to the city of Clearwater public information officer just after 6 p.m. was not answered.
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3 comments
Earl Pitts American
May 6, 2025 at 7:13 pm
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Roseanne Roseannadanna
May 6, 2025 at 7:54 pm
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George
May 6, 2025 at 9:15 pm
Maybe if our Governor stopped running for President for five minutes, and acually put his job before his political aspirations, then the extremely pretty far-right Legislature wouldn’t need to put him in his place. The wife too.