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Bosnia sports center roof collapses from snow

View of the Skenderija sports center in downtown Sarajevo, Bosnia that was used for ice skating events in the 1984 Winter Olympics after it collapsed under the weight of heavy snow, early Sunday Feb. 12 2012. No injuries or fatalties have been reported according to police. Bosnia has been paralyzed for over a week by the highest snow ever recorded. Last weekend it hit 107 centimeters in downtown Sarajevo and over 2.5 meters in the surrounding mountains. On Sunday the snow settled down to 90 centimeters. Temperatures as low as -22 throughout the week made clearing difficult (AP Photo)

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By AIDA CERKEZ, The Associated Press 1:46 PM Sunday, February 12, 2012

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — The roof of a sports center used for ice skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics collapsed Sunday under the weight of heavy snow, police said. No injuries were reported.

The Skenderija sports center in downtown Sarajevo was closed and nobody was inside when the roof collapsed just after 3 p.m., police spokesman Irfan Nefic said. Surrounding shop windows were broken.

The Skenderija center, made up of three different complexes, was built in 1969 and used during the Olympics for figure skating and hockey. Only the ice skating complex was affected.

For more than a week, Bosnia has been paralyzed with record snowfall. There was up to 3 three feet of snow on the ground in Sarajevo on Sunday.

Temperatures as low as minus 8 throughout the week have made it difficult to clear the snow. Authorities have closed schools and universities and traffic is possible only down main streets and those that lead to hospitals.

They also urged people to shovel in front of their buildings and try to clear their roofs. Snow is being loaded on trucks and dumped into a river, but more snowfall overnight again covered the cleared streets.

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February 12, 2012 06:40 PM EST

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