The roof of the Mobile Civic Center in Alabama collapsed due to record snowfall.

The 60-year-old building, used as an arena, exposition hall and theater, closed in August. On Wednesday, nature got involved in the demolition process by caving the roof in under the weight of 7.5 inches of snow.

There were no injuries and a pair of mosaic murals inside the building were undamaged, city officials said in a Facebook post. The roof’s collapse “occurred in a manner consistent with the plans for the building’s ongoing demolition,” the officials said.

That demolition work started in September, according to Mobile’s WKRG-TV.

The snowfall there this week smashed a 130-year-old record for the wintry precipitation.

“Here in the office, we broke our all-time record for snowfall, which was 6 inches, set back in 1895, so a very long-standing record fell,” Michael Mugrage, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Mobile office, told Alabama Public Radio.

Construction on a new facility to serve similar functions is slated to start in March, according to AL.com.

• Brad Matthews can be reached at bmatthews@washingtontimes.com.