Berkeley balcony collapse

Berkeley residents continue to drop off flowers at a makeshift memorial on the sidewalk near where a balcony collapsed at an apartment, killing six Irish students.

Engineers assess the damage and look for answers after a balcony collapse at an apartment in Berkeley killed six students and injured seven more just a few blocks from UC Berkeley.

People file past an apartment building in Berkeley where a balcony collapse killed students.

People file past an apartment building in Berkeley where a balcony collapsed.

Workers, inspectors and engineers look for clues after a balcony collapsed at an apartment in Berkeley.

Workers and firefighters look at part of the balcony that collapsed in Berkeley.

Engineers assess damage after a balcony collapsed at an apartment in Berkeley, killing six Irish students and injuring seven others just a few blocks from UC Berkeley.

Residents Yan Shi, left, and Xueyao Song said they heard loud arguing and then a crashing sound as a balcony above their apartment collapsed in Berkeley. The two live on the first floor and said they witnessed the aftermath and carnage on the sidewalk, with people crying and yelling and others hugging.

Debris litters the sidewalk where a balcony collapse at an apartment in Berkeley killed six Irish students and injured seven more just a few blocks from UC Berkeley.

Engineers from Balfor Construction Co. examine what remains of a balcony at the 177-unit Library Gardens complex near UC Berkeley. Six people, all from Ireland, were killed when the balcony collapsed early in the morning.

A woman drops off flowers at the scene of a balcony collapse at an apartment building near UC Berkeley.

Bottles are seen inside an apartment where a balcony collapsed at an apartment building near UC Berkeley.

Two women sit in front of an apartment building where a balcony collapsed near UC Berkeley. Six people were killed, and seven were seriously injured when a balcony collapsed.

Police remain at the scene of a balcony collapse at an apartment building near UC Berkeley.

People gather at the scene of a balcony collapse in Berkeley.

Two women embrace while watching sheriff’s deputies move the body of a person who died when a fourth-floor balcony collapsed in Berkeley, on Tuesday. The two said they knew the victims of the collapse.  (Noah Berger / AP)

Makeshift curtains are held up to shield the removal of bodies at the Library Gardens apartments in Berkeley after a fifth-floor balcony collapsed, killing six and injuring seven.

Police examine the scene of the balcony collapse in Berkeley on Tuesday.  (Noah Berger / AP)

An Alameda County sheriff’s deputy prepares to move the body of a person who died when a fourth-floor balcony collapsed.

Flowers and a cigarette box are among items placed at a makeshift shrine near where a fourth-floor balcony collapsed in Berkeley on Tuesday, killing five people.

A fourth-floor balcony rests on the balcony below after collapsing at the Library Gardens apartment complex early June 16 in Berkeley.

A police investigator looks at one of the victims’ bodies on the sidewalk after the balcony of a building collapsed in downtown Berkeley.