The six-story CTV Building located at 249 Madras Street, on the Cashel Street corner (), collapsed in the 22 February 2011 Christchurch earthquake and CTV lost transmission. CTV's main studios were destroyed and the building's lift cavity, the main part of the structure left upright, caught fire. On 23 February, police decided that the damage was not survivable, and rescue efforts at the building were suspended. Initially more than 100 people were believed to have died in the building. Fire-fighting and recovery operations resumed that evening.