Police station evacuated in Adelaide's south after cracks appear in building A multi-storey Adelaide police station has been evacuated after staff heard a rumble in the building and cracks started forming. Officers at the Sturt Police Station in Adelaide's south last night noticed "what appeared to be structural movement" at the western end of the building. The police station, on Sturt Road between South and Marion roads, remains closed and will require a building inspection before staff can move back in. Police said no-one was injured, and no members of the public nor any prisoners were at the station when the incident occurred. They have described the evacuation as a "precaution" and said police patrols were currently operating out of neighbouring stations. "The police station is going to be inspected this morning and then hopefully normal operations can resume, but at the moment the station is closed. "Obviously [they'll] get engineers or someone to have a look at it and hopefully it's not too bad, but we'll have a bit more information later on today." Staff remaining at the site have been forced to operate front counter services from a vehicle in the carpark. "Members of the public who do not have urgent business or who are able to are asked to attend another station," police said. The station is not far from the Darlington road project, where rain damaged concrete installed as part of a $620 million upgrade, causing it to crack and slide. In May 2016, a car crashed into the front of the station, smashing two automated glass doors during the early morning.
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