Wednesday morning, the building in the 800 block of Royal Street had been labeled a danger. By afternoon, the structure was facing complete demolition.

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The building had a partial collapse a day earlier. Then more of the building came crumbling down and sent everyone nearby running for cover.

VIEW: Images of collapse

"It's like a big cloud of smoke came down the street and dusted my whole shop down," said Jeff Schooler, who manages a business next to the compromised building.

"The fire department and everybody was running. It looked like 9-11," he said.

The stories of the building pancaked one top on each other and toppled into the street. City leaders say the building is was constructed in 1810.

"Look at the bricks, there is no mortar on the bricks at all," said neighbor Norman Landry, assessing the debris in the street. "The mortar turned to dust, that's what makes it fall."

The fire chief says no one was injured in the collapse, but people are still being kept away.

"Well be on the scene as safety officers," said New Orleans Fire Department Chief Tim McConnell.

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Demolition of French Quarter building set to get underway

The demolition process of a building that collapsed Tuesday and Wednesday in the French Quarter has begun. The actual tearing down of the building began around noon in the 800 block of Royal Street near St. Ann, and work is set to take several days.

On Tuesday afternoon, part of the building unexpectedly collapsed. Just 24 hours later, more large chunks of the building went down.

Truly a miracle that no one was hurt, said New Orleans Fire Chief Timothy McConnell. You know, the crowds here in the French Quarter and the foot traffic on Royal Street -- very, very fortunate.

Records say this building was built in 1810. McConnell said due to the building's age, they have to assume some hazardous materials could have been used to build it -- meaning they had to get permits from the Department of Environmental Quality before demolition. He said that is just one of their many challenges.

Not a lot of room for staging your equipment. And debris, as you start to tear it out-- and trying to get trucks in here to haul it away -- the French Quarter obviously adds other challenges due to the close proximity of everything, said McConnell. So it will be a little more tedious and time-consuming than if it was in another location.

Meanwhile, Royal Street between St. Ann and Dumaine streets will remain closed while crews work, which will effect vehicle traffic, foot traffic and day-to-day life for residents and business owners. So far, Crescent City Tour owner Frank Perez said this chaos has not had a negative impact on his life.

Yesterday was not a bad day for us business-wise, so I'm hoping that it won't affect any of the business, said Perez.

The French Quarter history expert is sad to see such a historic building go. He said it's one of the first, if not the first, three-story structure in the Quarter.

On the bright side, he said it could save more lives and heartache in the future

I just can't help but suspect that there are other buildings that need attention. I hope that landlords and business owners will pay a little bit more attention now, said Perez.

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Fire and demolition crews start on tear-down of collapsed French Quarter building

Hamp's Construction Co., a demolition firm that MayorMitch Landrieu oncepublicly chastised as irresponsible, is now the target of a state environmental investigation over its handling of asbestos at five sites managed by the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority.

Documents and a series of emails obtained by NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune between the company, NORA and state regulators suggest that Hamp's demolished the residences without first properly testing for the known carcinogen in the building materials. The company also has not provided proof that it sent the debris to a landfill certified to handle asbestos-laden construction waste.

Jeff Hebert, NORA's executive director, said he has requested Hamp's produce "dump tickets," receipts that indicate the cost to drop off the debris and which landfill received it. So far he said he's gotten no answer from the firm.

"We don't have any information on where it's going," Hebert said this week.

Hamp's owner, Charlie Hampton, didn't respond to a message left at his office Wednesday seeking comment.

Hamp's has had a rocky relationship with City Hall for years. Landrieu dressed down Hampton at a public community meeting in Algiers in August 2013, telling Hampton he should be ashamed of how his company handled asbestos debris at the former Higgins Gate Apartment complex.

State investigators intervened in the Higgins Gate demolition work in 2008 after they found Hamp's wasn't following state environmental protection laws when hauling away asbestos-laden material from there.

It appears those investigators have jumped in again. Dwight Bradshaw, a scientist with the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, wrote the Louisiana Land Trust in August to ask for any information regarding its arrangement with NORA over demolitions of Hurricane Katrina-damaged properties under the Road Home program. The state-created land trust had transferred all Road Home-eligible properties to NORA's control in recent years.

Bradshaw also asked the land trust for its inspection reports from 2010 through 2012 on the five properties in question:

At two sites, 4908 Bonita and 11730 West Barrington, the land trust's inspection contractor, CDM Smith, discovered material that contained asbestos a full two years before Hamp's began its demolitions, according to land trust records. The other three addresses weren't slated to be torn down before the trust transferred them to NORA, so the trust did not have asbestos inspection reports on them.

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