The names of three Idaho men who died when an airport hangar under construction in Boise collapsed were released Friday by the Ada County coroner.
Mariano Kok Ok, 24, and Mario Sontai Tsi, 32, both of Nampa, were pronounced dead at the scene, along with Craig Durant, 59, of Boise.
3 killed, 9 injured as building collapses at Boise Airport in Idaho: “A catastrophe”
Nine other people were injured in Wednesday night’s collapse, five of whom were taken to area hospitals with serious injuries, Fire Department operations chief Aaron Hummel said in a statement late that night. Authorities have not released the names or current conditions of the injured.
First responders at the scene of a building collapse on January 31, 2024 in Boise, Idaho. (Terra Furman/Local News X/TMX)
The hangar was privately owned by Jackson Jet Centers, a charter flight and maintenance company, and was being built at the Boise Airport.
The collapse was reported around 5 p.m., and first responders had to stabilize the massive structure while rescuing people trapped inside and beneath it. Steel girders and panels were bent and a large crane was folded up among the wreckage.
The Ada County Coroner’s Office was called to the scene a little over two hours later. All men died from traumatic blunt force injuries, according to a news release from the coroner’s office.
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The cause of the prefabricated steel building’s collapse is not yet clear, and investigators with the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration are working to determine exactly what happened. The investigation is expected to take several months.
