CINCINNATI — A code enforcement case has been opened and inspections are underway after a balcony collapsed at a Corryville rental property Friday night, injuring 10 people, one of them critically.

The collapse happened at a condominium complex on Stetson Avenue, near the University of Cincinnati, during what neighbors described as a party. The Cincinnati Fire Department (CFD) said that the 8-foot by 12-foot wooden deck collapsed 20 feet to the ground below due to the weight of too many people.

First responders from the Cincinnati Police Department and CFD immediately notified the Department of Buildings and Inspections, which launched a comprehensive investigation involving the property owner, Hezekiel Eskender, the homeowners' association for the condo building, the original engineeri

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