New animated video reveals how Elliot Lake mall collapsed

Avideo has been posted on YouTubeshowing a forensic engineering explanation of how the Algo Centre mall collapsed in Elliot Lake, Ont., last June.

Theanimated computer-generated video takes you over, around and into the mall as a voiceover explains how it collapsed. Actual video of a parked vehicle falling into the collapsing mall is incorporated into the computer-generated version at the 1:26 mark in the video.

The videowas introducedonWednesdayas evidence at the public inquiry into the mall collapse.

Thepublic inquirycame to a standstill earlier this month after a new document surfaced thatrevealed more about the possible cause of the collapse.

A700-page report obtained by lawyers at the inquiry outlines in extensive detail what likely caused the roof to cave in. The NORR report named after the company hired by the Ontario Provincial Police to conduct the forensic investigation reviews and analyzes the history of the mall, its key players in decision-making and the malls structural failures

The mall collapsed on June 23, 2012, claiming the lives of two women and injuring several other people.