Several lanes at the intersection of Windhorst Road and Parsons Avenue in Brandon remained closed for the indefinite future as county workers tread carefully in determining what caused a section of the roadway to collapse July 19.
“We have to be really careful at that intersection because there are lots of utility lines in the area,” said Hillsborough County spokesman Patrick Murray. "We have a sewer line and a water line there and we have to make sure there are no other utilities, so we have to be careful drilling.”
At the scene, late afternoon July 22, barricades were seen at the intersection, with drilling under way.
Crew workers first believed a 16-inch sewage pipeline beneath the intersection might have caused the collapse of the 6-foot-square section of roadway on July 19, according to a county report.
But the sewer line was dug up and found to be intact. Now the county is testing the intersection for sinkholes — but carefully, as Murray noted.
Additional detours and lane closures are possible as crews dig up the line for inspection and any necessary repairs.
Motorists who must travel through the intersection are warned to expect delays.
Starr DiGiacomo
http://safetyphoto.co.uk/safety_news/1-killed-26-injured-in-jiangxi...
1 killed, 26 injured in Jiangxi school building collapse: Shanghaiist
One construction worker was killed and 16 other people injured when a school building in Jiangxi province collapsed after midnight.
A eight-floor building on the campus of Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University was under construction when it toppled onto itself at around 1:00 a.m. today, trapping dozens of workers, Sina News reports, citing a press release.
Rescue teams were sent to the campus, located Nanchang’s Honggutan New District, and search dogs sniffed out debris for survivors until daybreak. All injured workers were sent to the hospital.
http://shanghaiist.com/2015/01/29/one_construction_worker_was_kille...
Jan 29, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.botconsultancy.com/malls-road-collapses-due-adjacent-con...
Mall’s road collapses due to adjacent condo construction
JANUARY 31, 2015
A portion of the road leading to Abreeza Mall here in Davao City collapsed Saturday morning.
The ongoing construction of a high-rise condominium adjacent to the mall is being suspected as the reason behind the collapse which luckily happened before the mall’s opening hours.
Luigi Escano, Operations Manager of the Abreea Mall, said that the incident happened around eight in the morning of January 31.
Several meters of the road beside the ongoing Aeon Towers construction collapsed.
September of last year, this same portion of the road also subsided. Escano said the management of Aeon Towers shouldered the minor repairs made on the road that time.
Story continues....
Jan 31, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://djournal.com/news/man-not-injured-crash-landing-tupelo/
8 hurt from Taguig building collapse
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
MANILA -- Eight people were hurt after the upper ground floor of a high-end condominium building in Bonifacio Global City in Taguig City collapsed on Wednesday morning.
Taguig City Police chief Art Asis said a portion of The Suites, which gave in around 8:20 a.m., is currently under construction.
The incident caused minor injuries to eight construction workers who were immediately brought to St. Luke's Medical Center Global City for treatment.
Feb 4, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000150511&story_titl...
Two dead, three injured after building collapses in Kakamega By Jackline Inyanji and Wilkister Alao Updated Thursday, February 5th 2015 at 12:11 GMT +3
Kenya: Two people on Wednesday died and three others were injured after a building under construction collapsed in Milimani Estate in Kakamega. Over 20 workers who were at the construction site next to Kakamega State Lodge escaped with injuries when a building adjacent to the site collapsed on Wednesday afternoon.
The workers are said to have been constructing a hotel when disaster struck. The owner of the plot, a businessman based in Nairobi, was not present during the accident.
An eye witness, Richard Ouma said 23 people were working at the construction site before a slab which had been demolished to pave way for the new building collapsed and injured five people who were digging the foundation. “Two people have been confirmed dead, three are in critical condition and have been rushed to Kakamega General Hospital,” Ouma said. See also: Police look for 'abortion doctor' accused of murder Kakamega Central OCPD Richard Ngetich confirmed the incident and said investigations were ongoing to establish the exact course of the accident. "We are still carrying out investigations to establish the cause of the collapse before we issue a report," Ngetich said. Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya sent condolences to the families of the bereaved and cautioned those found building without necessary county approvals saying action will be taken against them. "We have immediately launched investigations into the incident. But first the police should arrest the owner of the building for failing to ensure safety of the workers," Oparanya said. He was accompanied by County Executive in charge of Housing Suleiman Sumba.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoM97KWxHFQ
Feb 5, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/africa/2015/02/09/Historic-Cas...
Historic Casablanca Hotel Lincoln collapses, kills one: reports
One person was killed and two were injured in Casablanca on Monday when part of the city's historic but derelict Hotel Lincoln collapsed, local officials and Moroccan media said.
A 34-year-old man died in the dawn incident at the hotel, which is technically a listed building despite been derelict for two decades.
The local Economist news site said another two people were injured in the collapse.
Parts of the Lincoln, of which only part of the original facade remains standing, have been occupied by homeless people.
However, authorities said all those living in the building at the time of the collapse were found “safe and sound”.
Built in 1917 by French architect Hubert Bride, the hotel came to symbolise the Art Deco era that shaped several buildings in the heart of Morocco's economic capital.
Development and property speculation have since reshaped the city and preservationists are increasingly concern about what the fate of the crumbling French colonial facades, neo-Moorish details and Art Deco hotels.
The president of a local conservation group, Rachid al-Andaloussi, told AFP there were plans to save the hotel but that the issue “needs to be made a priority.”
This month, a Casablanca court jailed seven people for two to five years for their role in the deaths of 23 residents when three apartment blocks in the city collapsed in July 2014.
Feb 9, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/one-killed-two-inju...
One killed, two injured in building collapse
Updated: February 13, 2015 05:41 IST
One person was killed and two others injured when a nearly 40-year-old commercial complex of the Belagavi City Corporation on Shivaji Road collapsed in the early hours of Thursday.
The deceased has been identified as Vinayak Shivaji Patkar (45). Srikant Sadashiv Kamble and Balu Ningappa Ningoji, who were injured, have been shifted to the district government hospital for treatment.
According to Executive Engineer (Civil-South) of the corporation Laxmi M. Sulagekar, who rushed to the spot with her staff, the building collapsed around 1.45 a.m.
The three were sleeping in a tin-shed restaurant on the first floor of the complex.
Six shops on the ground floor and the restaurant “Mirchi Cola” on the first floor collapsed. The victims were stated to be workers at the restaurant.
There are 21 shops on the ground floor and eight slots of open space have been leased out to private persons. The lease of the ground floor and the first floor expired in 1994 and 2008, respectively. The responsibility of maintenance was on the shop owners during the period of lease. But, the shops continued to operate. The officials could not immediately confirm whether they entered into fresh lease with the show owners. The shops, which were constructed by the corporation, were modified with encroachments on the slab of the rainwater drain, which also collapsed.
The corporation had leased 3,000 sqft open space on the first floor the open space to an individual, who had built a tin-shed roof and other provisions for the restaurant.
Police said all the three persons had escaped with minor injuries after the building collapsed. But Vinayak went inside to take a personal belonging and came under the debris. A case has been registered with the Khade Bazaar Police Station and further investigation taken up.
Feb 13, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://potomaclocal.com/2015/02/14/high-winds-bring-manassas-buildi...
Updated: High winds bring Manassas building collapse, brush fires in Stafford
Update 11:20 p.m.
A total of 14 people were evacuated from nearby apartments in Downtown Manassas near the scene of the partial building collapse on Battle Street.
City spookeswoman Patty Prince said the evacuation was precautionary and that no one was hurt when a portion of a brick building gave way in the face of high winds. No one was injured.
Original post
A portion of a building collapsed this evening in Downtown Manassas.
A building on Battle Street, next to the old Washington Post offices, now The Bone restaurant, and near the Sidewalk Café, lost a portion of its roof, according to initial reports.
Winds gusting upward of 4o mph Saturday evening were to the blame for the partial collapse, according to a source. The portion of the building affected was unoccupied and no one was injured, according to a source.
Manassas fire crews posted that responded to the scene posted photos.
High winds also wreaked havoc on area roads. An SUV traveling in the Hillendale section of Dale City overturned, according to sources. We don’t know if anyone was injured in the crash.
In Stafford County, high winds caused a transformer to blow darkening a portion of Route 610. A brush fire also broke out in the area of Mount Hope Road and was later extinguished.
Feb 15, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.lillooetnews.net/building-under-construction-collapses-i...
Building under construction collapses in northern India, killing 13 family members
February 15, 2015 06:08 AM
LUCKNOW, India - A building under rushed construction in a northern Indian town collapsed overnight, killing 13 members of a family of weavers who were sleeping on the ground floor, police said Sunday.
Three people escaped unhurt when the partially built structure crashed down in the town of Mughalsarai, about 300 kilometres (186 miles) southeast of Uttar Pradesh's state capital of Lucknow.
"People were buried alive" when the building came down, police Superintendent Chandauli Muniraj said.
Twelve people died at the scene, Muniraj said. Two others were taken to a hospital, but one died there.
Muniraj said the building was being constructed in a hurry. "Within a month, they built two stories," he said. "We will investigate the cause of the collapse."
Hundreds of people gathered to watch bulldozers digging into the broken bricks and debris in search for bodies on Sunday. The victims included the building's owner, Mohammad Kamarrudin, and members of his family, including two children under 8 years old, Muniraj said.
Building collapses are common in India, where high housing demand and lax regulations have encouraged some builders to cut corners, use substandard materials or add unauthorized floors.
Feb 15, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.ennaharonline.com/en/society/8846.html
Panic in Skikda after the collapse of a road
18 February, 2015 01:30:00
Algiers- The inhabitants of Abdelhamid Bouteldja neighborhood in Skikda woke up yesterday morning in great panic after the collapse of a part of the main road along the great Mosque, following torrential rains that fell during the night from Monday to Tuesday.
Residents blocked the road to denounce the dramatic situation caused by the rains on several houses on the road, where the water level has reached more than 1.5 m height, according to residents who said they had to spend the night outside.
These call for a sewerage system and protection against flooding. The Mayor of Skikda tried to calm the protesters by promising to support their claims.
Feb 18, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
Although the title is labelled mudslide I'm posting here to road collapse.
http://www.arrowlakesnews.com/news/292432761.html
Mudslide closes Highway 6 west of Needles
Mild temperatures at this time of year have begun to wreak havoc on local roads. The section of Highway 6 one kilometer from the Needles ferry landing has been closed by crews, effectively cutting the town of Edgewood off from services in Nakusp.
Tasha Hall, photographer and employee at the lumber yard was able to get closer to the damage by asking if she could get in to take photos and spoke with the Arrow Lakes News this morning.
“We were hearing rumblings from some of the drivers starting yesterday, people said they were flying over it (the uneven section of the road) and getting air.” According to Hall, who works just a few minutes from the site, drivers can still get on the ferry in either direction. They are alternating single lane traffic on the logging road which parallels the highway- but even that could be a hazard.
“You can see the sloughing away along the logging road. The guys said that they are hoping to keep the logging road open for now” Hall said. She estimates about bout 10 crew members are on site assessing the damage and directing traffic.
“The damage is extensive, the water is running under the road. That much damage happened in the last 10 hours and the road is just broken.”
The cracks are 200 feet long. The damage is extensive and may end up with the highway sliding away completely.
“The Geotech is out there right now and we are still waiting for them to make an assessment. It will be updated on the DriveBC website immediately and it only takes 15 minutess for it all to filter through but we hope to have another update at noon,” said a spokesperson for the YRB during a telephone interview with the Arrow Lakes News.
Feb 19, 2015
KM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2962507/Towering-inferno-Th...
Towering inferno: Britons among hundreds evacuated as fire rips through one of the world's tallest residential buildings in Dubai
Britons have told of their terror as hundreds of residents were evacuated from one of the world's tallest residential buildings after it was engulfed in flames in the early hours of this morning in Dubai.
Pictures and video footage showed a large blaze ripping through multiple floors of the Marina Torch tower, a new tower in the expat-heavy Marina district of the city.
More than a dozen fire trucks were able to extinguish the blaze several hours after the fire alarm went off around 2am local time.
A witness told Reuters flames shot out from two sides of the building as glass and metal rained down from near the summit of the 79-storey skyscraper, which stands more 330 metres tall (1,105 ft).
A massive blaze ripped through multiple storeys of the 79-storey Marina Torch tower in Dubai early Saturday.
One British woman, who was sleeping in her boyfriend's apartment on the 72nd floor when the fire broke out, told MailOnline: 'We just thought it was a false alarm at first, so left it for a couple of minutes as it went off at 2am, then when it didn't stop we realised we needed to go down.
'The lifts weren't working so we had to walk down 72 flights of stairs with everyone, that took about 10 minutes as there were people carrying their children and babies and people who just weren't fit enough to get down the stairs.
'We got to the lobby and there were the firefighters but we couldn't exit at first because there were bits of the outside building falling to the floor at the door which were still on fire.
'Then they ran us out in little groups to across the street. And when we got outside we noticed that one of the corners was on fire and was spreading up the building.
'We were just trying to run as quick as we could.'
Feb 21, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1263360-manhattan-building-collapse...
Manhattan Building Collapse: People Trapped at NYC West 57th Street – 11 Ave Building
A building that is under construction Manhattan reportedly collapsed on Wednesday. (Google Maps)
A building that is under construction Manhattan partially collapsed on Wednesday afternoon, according to reports.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/25/us-usa-new-york-building-...
Partial collapse of building in New York City, police say
NEW YORK Wed Feb 25, 2015 3:02pm EST
(Reuters) - New York police said a building partially collapsed on Manhattan's West Side on Wednesday and no information was available about casualties.
Local media images show the collapse occurred at a low-rise building on 57th Street near 11th Avenue.
New York police were responding to a 911 call reporting the partial collapse on Wednesday afternoon at the midtown Manhattan structure.
Feb 25, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.wcyb.com/news/main-street-in-haysi-closed-after-building...
Main Street in Haysi closed after building collapse
POSTED: 3:34 PM Feb 28 2015
A building collapse closed part of Main Street in Haysi Saturday afternoon.
Dickenson County dispatch says a section of Main Street in Haysi from Bridge Street to Jones and Counts Pharmacy is still closed to all traffic, including foot traffic.
Rocky Wood, chief of the Haysi Volunteer Fire Department, tells News 5 there was damage to a restaurant and a neighboring building when the vacant structure collapsed around 2 p.m.
Wood says the building collapsed on top of a vehicle with two occupants inside. They were not injured. He also says there were people in the restaurant, a pizza factory, but no one was injured.
He told News 5 it could be several weeks until the remainder of the building is torn down and the area is deemed safe, therefore the area is taped off.
The cause of the collapse is still unknown, Wood says, and a building inspector will be out there in the next few days.
Mar 1, 2015
Howard
Hockey Players Flee as Ice Rink Roof Collapses in Boston (Feb 28)
Children from the Peewee B2 team and the Squirt C team from the Norwood Nuggets Youth Hockey league were warming up on the ice when they heard a loud crack around 7:15 a.m., according to Bill Naumann, the league president.
Coaches told players and parents to run outside, and the roof collapsed within minutes, police said.
The Metropolis Skating Rink, which is located at 2167 Washington St., had serious damage and was deemed unsafe by structural engineers and town officials early Saturday afternoon, according to Canton Fire Chief Charles Doody. Officials had met Friday to discuss concerns about the snow load on the roof and decided to get it removed this week.
Naumann was not at the rink at the time of the collapse, but said he had been checking in with coaches and players throughout the day. These teams are for players ages 9 to 12, Naumann said.
“Everyone was pretty shaken up,” he said Saturday afternoon. “We’re just grateful that no one was severely injured or worse.”
Doody said the scene outside the rink after the collapse was tense.
“People were very aware of how close they came to being seriously injured or killed,” Doody said. “We dodged a major bullet.”
Doody said a “Learn to Skate” class that draws nearly 300 children and parents to the rink was scheduled to begin just a few hours after the collapse.
“If it happened any later, we’d be having a vastly different conversation,” Doody said.
This rink is one of 42 owned by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, according to a Department of Conservation and Recreation spokesman.
The rink is leased to the town under a 25-year contract. Town officials are responsible for the daily operations, maintenance, and improvements to the facility, the spokesman said.
Doody said the roof of the rink is peaked, so he didn’t anticipate problems with the snow.
“It was very surprising,” he said. “We didn’t think we’d have this problem.”
The spokesman said the rink operator, public works workers, and DCR staff met at the rink Friday to discuss the snow load on the roof. They determined the roof needed to be cleared immediately and planned to bring in a contractor in the upcoming week.
The DCR closed Bajko Rink in Hyde Park; Connell Rink and Pool in Weymouth; Devine Rink in Dorchester; Murphy Rink in South Boston; and Reilly Rink in Chestnut Hill in early February, anticipating possible collapses, the spokesman said.
The Metropolis Skating Rink has been fenced off, and it will remain that way until the spring, when town officials reassess the damage, according to Doody.
As the youth hockey season wears on, Naumann said teams may use rink space from surrounding towns. “The hockey community is a tight-knit community,” he said.
Many roofs have collapsed across the state in recent weeks. More than 180 roof collapses have been reported between Feb. 9 and Saturday, according to Peter Judge, a spokesman for the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency.
At about 4 a.m. Saturday in New Braintree, a man escaped a home on Gilbertville Road after he saw a crack in the wall and suspected the roof would collapse. It caved in shortly after, according to New Braintree Fire Chief Dennis Letendre.
Source
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/02/28/youth-hockey-team-staff...
Mar 1, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
South Africa
http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/2015/02/28/eight-injured-in-gauten...
Eight injured in Gauteng wall collapse
Eight men were injured, six of them seriously, when a wall collapsed on them in Kowie Road, Boskruin, Randburg, on Saturday morning, paramedics said.
The cause of the accident was unclear, Netcare 911 spokeswoman Santi Steinmann said.
"Netcare 911 paramedics, its rescue unit and other services arrived at the scene and found the scene strewn with bricks and building material."
Six of the men were seriously injured and another two had moderate injuries. They were treated on scene before being taken to various hospitals for further treatment.
Mar 1, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/scaffolding-collapses-onto-do...
Scaffolding collapses onto double-decker bus in south-east London
This was the scene after scaffolding collapsed onto a double-decker bus in a busy high street in south London.
The precarious structure fell into a route 345 bus which was in service in Peckham at around 11.15 on Monday morning.
There were no reports of injuries in the incident, the London Ambulance Service said.
A London Fire Brigade spokesman said: "We were called at 11.15 to reports of scaffolding which had fallen on to a bus and a wall collapse in Peckham Road.
"A section of scaffolding had collapsed on to a bus and street furniture."
The incident was over by around 11.50 and there were no injuries, according to the LFB.
The road remained cordoned off at around midday.
Witness Angelo Edades tweeted: "Congestion around Peckham due to bus bringing down a wall. At the moment the wall is being supported by a bus".
A Met Police spokeswoman said officers were called to "guttering" falling from a building. Police were working with the London Fire Brigade after the incident.
Ken Davidson, head of bus operations at Transport for London, said: “At around 11am this morning some scaffolding collapsed on a route 345 bus as it was driving down Peckham High St, at the junction with Basingcourt.
"The bus was in service at the time and there have been no reports of injuries. We will work with the emergency services who will be investigating this incident.”
The route 345 bus was travelling between Peckham and the Natural History Museum in South Kensington.
Mar 2, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://wkbn.com/2015/03/02/75-people-inside-when-roof-collapses-in-...
75 people inside when roof collapses in Columbus
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WKBN) – Fire crews responded to a report of a fire in the 6000 block of Port Road in Groveport just after 5:00 pm on Sunday.
Upon arrival, crews discovered that a portion of the roof of a warehouse, measuring 40 feet wide and 400 feet across, had collapsed.
Initial reports indicated that firefighters were looking for someone who may have been trapped inside the building, however no injuries have been reported at this time.
Firefighters said the cause of the collapse remains unknown, however some suspect the weight of the snow may be to blame.
“You know anything along those lines is going to be purely speculation at this point, but one would have to believe that the snow and the weather conditions that we’ve seen here over the last couple days probably has something to do with it,” said Madison Township Fire Chief Robert Bates.
Up to 75 people were inside the building, when the roof fell.
A structural engineer has been called to examine the building, which firefighters said will be closed to workers for at least a few days.
Mar 2, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.kolkata24x7.com/kolkata-city/three-injured-in-city-build...
Three injured in city building collapse
Posted onMarch 3, 2015
Kolkata: Three people were injured in the Phoolbagan area of Kolkata after the wall of an under construction building fell on a house in the slum which was adjacent to the building.
The victims were sleeping inside the house when the incident occurred. The incident took place at Shiv Krishna Daw Lane of the Phoolbagan area. The locals alleged that the building is being constructed illegally.
Mar 3, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-06/one-person-feared-trapped-und...
Collapsed scaffolding in Sydney's south stabilised as crews try to confirm there are no casualties
Updated 13 minutes ago
A section of scaffolding and wall that collapsed in Sydney's south has been secured by NSW Fire and Rescue, as crews try to confirm whether anyone has been trapped underneath.
Four storeys of scaffolding collapsed on a row of parked cars during demolition works on a building at Bexley North shortly after 8:00am, and fire crews received reports of one person trapped.
A crane has been used to stabilise the wreckage and firefighters are continuing to search the rubble.
"A passer-by stated that they believe someone was trapped under the rubble," Superintendent Tom Cooper said.
"Fire crews are on site at the moment and they're going through the rubble by hand to try to ascertain whether there's anyone that's trapped."
The wall brought down powerlines and crushed three vehicles next to a petrol station on Frederick Street.
One lane of Forest Road has reopened and there is heavy traffic in the area.
Motorists are being advised to check for updates and allow extra travel time.
Mar 6, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://6abc.com/news/1-person-escapes-uninjured-after-kensington-ro...
1 PERSON ESCAPES UNINJURED AFTER KENSINGTON ROOF COLLAPSE
The collapse was reported just after 2:00 on Turner Street, just off of Hancock Street.
The roof of the old five-story industrial building gave way, collapsing onto the floor below and spilling bricks and other debris down onto the street.
Executive Fire Chief Clifford Gilliam says firefighters removed one person from the third floor, but no one was injured.
The building is owned by a community development corporation in Kensington, and it was being used as offices and art studios. It was also being renovated.
The Department of Licenses & Inspections will work to determine the cause of the collapse.
It's believed that the snow and ice may have played some role, although the ongoing construction may have also been a factor.
Mar 6, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-2991394/Three-dead-fac...
Bangladesh building collapse kills five, dozens feared trapped.
Published 08:11 EST, 12 March 2015 | UPDATED: 08:11 EST, 12 March 2015
Five workers were confirmed dead and dozens more are feared trapped after the roof of a half-built cement factory collapsed in southern Bangladesh on Thursday, police and rescuers said.
At least six people are in a critical condition after the accident at a building site in the port city of Mongla, local police chief Jahedur Rahman told AFP.
It was unclear how many people were trapped, with Rahman saying no more than 10 people remained unaccounted for, while fire service director Sheikh Mizanur Rahman said up to 40 people might still be under the rubble.
"We could see some bodies," the fire chief told AFP. "We have to dig carefully as there is a chance some people may still be alive."
The police chief said the cement factory was owned by Sena Kalyan Sangstha, a company run by the Bangladesh Army. The building contractor was a Chinese firm called China National Building Material (CNBM).
Buildings frequently collapse in Bangladesh owing largely to widespread use of shoddy building materials and a failure to abide by proper engineering and construction rules.
In April 2013 a nine-storey garment factory complex collapsed just outside the capital Dhaka leaving at least 1,138 people dead.
Mar 12, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.kten.com/story/28534576/txdot-monitoring-crumbling-concr...
TxDOT monitoring crumbling concrete beneath Highway 82 bridge
Posted: Mar 16, 2015 7:26 PM EDT
FANNIN COUNTY -- The recent rainfall may be good for the environment but in one Texoma city, the soggy weather helped cause some expensive damage.
"It's frightening really," driver Chantel Richardson said.
Rain in recent days, and over the years, is being blamed for the collapse of concrete under the Highway 82 bridge in Bonham.
A TxDOT spokesperson says it appears water seeped into the ground through cracks in the road, washing away and weakening the soil which eventually caused the rip-rap to buckle.
"Now we're having issues with it. They've been out there working on it," Jonell Smith said.
Smith works at Fantasy Tanning right next to the bridge.
"It's kind of scary," she said. "I figured they would close it off though. I don't think people should be going across it right now."
Smith says she began noticing the collapse on Friday, the same day TxDOT says it was notified about the damage. A spokesperson says engineers and a bridge inspector have determined travel on Highways 82 & 78 is safe. But the westbound u-turn lane is closed off.
"It looks awful in my opinion," Richardson said. "People passing by there trying to get back on the other side of 82 and having to just go all the way around. It's awful."
Moving forward, TxDOT says it will monitor the structure daily and will soon begin the search for a contractor to fix the problem for good.
Mar 17, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://en.cihan.com.tr/news/-3-injured-as-five-storey-building-coll...
3 injured as five-storey building collapses in Russia
According to the information, which was given by Russian Emergency Ministry that they were conducting an investigation to find the reason of the incident, soon later 53 residents of the building were taken to the nearby hotels and three injured were taken to the hospitals.
Tumen Governor Vladimir Yakushev has ordered the authorities that the necessary support to be given at the help desk, which has been set soon after the incident, for those who survived after the incident.
According to the local resident, they heard a big noise when the collapse occurred.
Mar 25, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20150325001223
One dead, eight injured in road construction site collapse
Published : 2015-03-25 20:48
Updated : 2015-03-25 21:34
O
ne construction worker was killed and eight others were severely injured after a scaffolding collapsed at a road construction site in Gyeonggi Province on Wednesday, authorities said.
A sole plate fell from a height of 10 meters at 5:20 p.m. when workers were pouring a concrete slab to build a road in Yongin, 49 kilometers south of Seoul, burying 16 under the rumble, officials said.
All of them were rescued from the site within an hour, but the incident left one dead and eight others seriously injured. Seven others suffered minor injuries, they said.
"At the time of arrival here, seven had already escaped (from the rubble), while nine others remained trapped underneath," Seo Seok-kwon, the chief of Yongin Fire Station, said in a briefing.
"The dead victim's lower body was buried under the concrete mix."
Police said they will continue to search the site and summon officials from Lotte Engineering & Construction, a local builder in charge of the site, to figure out what may have caused the incident.
The construction of the road began in late 2012 and was supposed to be completed by the end of this year, according to officials. (Yonhap)
Mar 25, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.ndtv.com/tamil-nadu-news/5-dead-several-injured-as-a-por...
5 Dead, Several Injured as A Portion of an Under Construction Building Collapses in Tamil Nadu
Updated: March 29, 2015 18:33 IST
The injured, mostly migrant labourers, are being treated at a local government hospital.
TIRUVARUR, TAMIL NADU: At least Five persons were killed and 16 injured when a portion of an under construction guest house of the Central University collapsed in Tiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu, early today morning.
Superintendent of Police Jayachandran said, "the portico portion of the under construction structure crashed. We are investigating." The toll could increase as several of the injured were in a serious condition, the police said.
The injured, who are mostly migrant labourers, have been rushed to Thanjavur government hospital.
Police and fire service personnel were searching whether more persons were trapped in the debris. A team of doctors had been rushed to the spot to give treatment and first aid, police said.
Mar 30, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.statesman.com/news/news/state-regional/texas-digest-dead...
Texas Digest: Deadly structure collapse in North Texas
ARGYLE
1 worker dead, 3 hurt in steel frame collapse in North Texas
The steel frame of an under-construction activities center has collapsed outside a North Texas school, leaving one worker dead and three others hurt.
The accident happened Thursday morning at Argyle High School before classes began.
Authorities are trying to determine what caused the collapse in Argyle, about 20 miles north of Fort Worth. Heavy beams and other parts of the frame were scattered on the ground.
Argyle Volunteer Fire Department Chief Mac Hohenberg (HO’-en-ber-ger) says the man who died was on a lift, about 35 feet up, that also came down when the structure fell. Two men were treated and released from a hospital. The third injured man was treated at the scene.
A message left with the general contractor, Northstar Builders Group, wasn’t returned Thursday.
IRVING
Dallas area has another quake, 3.3 magnitude in Irving
Another minor earthquake has been detected in North Texas.
The U.S. Geological Survey reports a 3.3 magnitude quake happened at 5:36 p.m. Thursday. The quake was centered in the Las Colinas section of northeastern Irving near Texas 114.
Police in Irving had no immediate reports of damage or anyone hurt in the earthquake.
Seismologists have said that dozens of small quakes rattling North Texas in recent months were concentrated along a narrow two-mile subsurface fault. Experts from Southern Methodist University weeks ago placed more than 20 monitors around the quake sites and then determined the fault existed.
Officials are still trying to figure out what’s been causing the earthquakes.
Apr 3, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.ann7.com/article/29740-02042015durban-road-collapses.htm...
Durban road collapses
No vehicle was in the road at the time of the collapse. According to Arrive Alive this is the same intersection where a vehicle previously fell into a hole. The road has been sealed off and officials are attending to the scene.
Arrive Alive Operations Director Garrith Jamieson has cautioned motorists to avoid the area
Apr 3, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.lex18.com/story/28714352/madison-county-highway-shut-dow...
Apr 03, 2015 9:30 AM EDTUpdated: Apr 03, 2015 10:15 AM EDT
Madison County Highway Shut Down Due To Roadway Collapse
A Madison County highway is shut down due to a roadway collapse.
Officials say US-25 (Lexington Road) is shut down in both directions south of Clay Lane.
Crews have set up a detour. Motorists should follow signage to either I-75 or Colonel Road.
Officials say the road will remain shut down until further notice.
Apr 4, 2015
KM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3026863/Ceiling-collapse-Ra...
Fourteen worshippers rushed to hospital after church roof COLLAPSES mid-hymn during Easter Sunday service
Fourteen people were hospitalized after the entire roof of a New Jersey church came crashing down mid-song during an afternoon Easter Sunday service.
Around 75 people were inside the Korean Union United Methodist Church in Rahway when the ceiling collapsed, fire department battalion chief Daryl Rutter told Daily Mail Online.
Thirteen people had minor injuries while one woman was sent to the trauma center at University Hospital with a serious but non-life threatening head injury.
A little girl is consoled outsidethe Korean Union United Methodist Church in Rahway, New Jersey, where the entire ceiling collapsed during an Easter Sunday service
Apr 6, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/local/taichung/2015/04/11/433293...
Taichung Metro collapse kills 4, injures 4
April 11, 2015, 12:02 am TWN
The injured victims were taken to China Medical University Hospital and Tzu Chi Hospital in Taichung. As of press time, emergency teams on the scene were attempting to raise the collapsed section in search for additional survivors and victims. One patient remains in a critical condition with major internal bleeding.
The section broke apart and fell four stories, killing both construction workers and bystanders on the busy intersection of Wenxin Road (文心路) and Beitun Road (北屯路). The disaster area is situated between the future G4 and G5 stations of the Green Line, under construction since 2009. Witnesses indicate that the area was not immediately sealed off to traffic following the incident.
Taichung City Mayor Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) canceled his business itinerary in South Korea in response to the incident, and was scheduled to return to Taiwan close to midnight.
Cause of Collapse under Investigation
Due to initial reports, construction on the MRT was ongoing with the elevation of a steel rail when a 209-ton, 43-meter section of the elevated structure collapsed. The cause of the incident is under investigation, with scrutiny focusing on inadequate weight distribution for the construction crane. Initial analysis suggests that supporting wood pallets usually positioned at the base of the construction vehicle were not present. The construction firm operating the crane was unwilling to verify the vehicle's load capacity.
Apr 10, 2015
Mark
Highway 22 to be closed for months after road collapse
http://www.wlky.com/news/Highway-22-to-be-closed-for-months-after-r...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. —Kentucky Highway 22, Brownsboro Road, in eastern Jefferson County will likely be closed for months after the road collapsed.
Part of collapsed Friday and the rest of the pavement caved in over the weekend. The water line pipe is exposed.
According to a spokeswoman for the Kenucky Transportation Cabinet, it will take months to repair the road collapse over Goose Creek, which is near Springcrest Drive.
Andrea Clifford said there were reports in recent weeks of some stones coming loose along the road.
Inspectors found no distress to the road or the ground surrounding it at the time.
Apr 12, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/ssouth-east/181294-5-killed-...
5 killed as church collapses
No fewer than five worshippers died following the collapse of the St. Anthony Catholic Church Cathedral in Oduma, Aninri Local Government Area of Enugu State.
A witness who spoke under the condition of anonymity on Sunday in Enugu, that the incident occurred between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Saturday night following a downpour.
The witness said that the worshippers were in a prayer meeting when the incident occurred.
Confirming the incidence, the Police Public Relations Officer for the police command in the state, Ebere Amarizu, said that the cause of the collapse of the building was not yet known.
“Yes, I can confirm to you that five persons died following the collapse of St. Anthony Catholic Church at about 8 p.m. but we are yet to know the cause.
“It is not yet clear as to what brought about the collapse of the building, but we have commenced full investigations into the incidence,” Mr. Amarizu said.
Apr 13, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.globalpost.com/article/6513457/2015/04/12/two-dead-over-...
Two dead, over 10 injured in E. China building facility collapse
- Xinhua News Agency
onApr 12, 2015 @ 10:40 AMNANJING, April 12 (Xinhua) -- Two workers died and more than ten others were injured after a sight-seeing structure under construction collapsed in east China's Jiangsu Province on Sunday afternoon, said local government.
More than 20 workers fell to the ground as the facility in the "Imperial Garden" neighborhood in Taizhou City collapsed at around 5 p.m..One was killed on the spot and another died later in hospital.
Rescuers are trying to bring out one worker who is still buried under the fallen scaffold.
The injured were sent to local hospitals for treatment.
Construction of the structure began a week ago. The major steel framework has been completed. It is more than 10 meters high and covers a land area of over 200 square meters.
The cause of the accident is under investigation.
Apr 13, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.hivisasa.com/kiambu/news/156273/thirty-injured-and-more-...
Thirty injured and more trapped in Thika's collapsed building
More than Thirty people have been seriously injured in Muthaiga area of Thika sub-county within Kiambu County this evening, after a building collapsed, trapping residents in the rubbles.
Confirming the incident, Thika police boss Shadrack Maithya has said that the rescue process is on going, but no one has been confirmed dead although it is believed that some people might be trapped in the remains of the three storied building.
“We have managed to rescue 32 people from the building remains since we arrived here about ten minutes ago, and they have been rushed to Thika level 5 Hospital, so far we have not confirmed anyone who is dead but we still believe that more people are still trapped in the remains of this building,” said Maithya.
According to an eye witness, James Kabaiku, the building seemed strong and had no signs of collapsing as it had neither cracks nor fault lines.
He further said that he was among the people building the house, but it looked strong and there was no reason to believe that it would collapse.
Area residents have now ganged up to help in saving lives and the rescue process is ongoing, with police officers coordinating the teams from the residents, the Kenya Red Cross, G4S, NYS and Thika fire rescue services.
Apr 15, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.wqow.com/story/28804608/2015/04/14/retaining-wall-collap...
Retaining wall collapsing at Confluence Project site
Posted: Apr 14, 2015 10:43 PM EDTWorkers first noticed cracks in the retaining wall lining the Eau Claire River near the site of the Confluence Project's mixed use building Monday night.
Last year a second wall was built on top of the original wall, which is more than one hundred years old. Project engineers say they thought the original was stable enough to hold the addition. The project's manager says the cause of the collapse is not known at this time and they are studying the issue trying to determine what repairs can and will be made.
"It will add costs to the project or to the engineers or whomever is responsible for it, yes that's true," said Matt Faulkner with Market and Johnson. "We don't know a timeline and we have our team of engineers who originally designed it looking into this wall and what they can do and what our options are for removal and replacement."If the wall does fall into the river, Market and Johnson would be responsible for the clean up and any costs associated with that. The construction manager says work at the mixed use building should not be affected by the wall's collapse.
Apr 15, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://en.apa.az/xeber_child_killed__7_injured_in_building_coll_225...
[ 17 April 2015 00:21 ]
The incident took place in the Najafgarh area of west Delhi, trapping eight people of a family in the debris of the building.
Police rescued the injured from the debris and sent them to hospital.
Building collapse takes place regularly in Indian cities due to illegal construction, bad conditions of buildings and lack of enough security surveillance.
Apr 17, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://gulftoday.ae/portal/2114886b-6fa3-4ce5-8ab8-e8ff0d0758e3.aspx
Seven of the injured had life-threatening injuries, according to a spokesman for the national emergency office ONEMI. They were taken to health centers for treatment.
Initial evidence suggests that the collapse was caused by the building’s capacity being exceeded, according to police.
“It is an authorized club,” Police Chief Hugo Insulza told reporters.
“What happened was that more people were in the club than should have been present,” and part of the building structure collapsed, he added, insisting that no stampede took place.
More than 200 people were taken off the premises by security forces.
“There was a crush of people. Even after the venue reached its full capacity, people kept pushing to get in. That led to the collapse of a containment fence that fell on people inside,” an ONEMI official said.
The club’s administrator was placed under arrest pending an investigation.
A punk concert was taking place at the venue, and an unspecified British band was participating, local media reported.
April 17, 2015
Apr 17, 2015
Yvonne Lawson
Hundreds of staff at Royal Courts of Justice and London School of Economics evacuated again as building being demolished collapses injuring a 56-year-old workman
Six-storey structure collapsed this afternoon in Holborn, central London
Site is just yards from where cable fire caused chaos earlier this month
Hundreds of staff at the Royal Courts of Justice and London School of Economics were evacuated again today after a building due to be demolished collapsed 'like a pancake' injuring a 56-year-old workman.
Workers underneath the six-storey structure fled for their lives after the fifth, fourth and third floors crashed down on to the rest of the building - sending a huge cloud of dust into the air.
The terrifying incident is just yards from where an underground cable fire ripped through Holborn on April 1 bringing parts of central London to a standstill and costing local firms £40million.
Workmen have been on site for around five months and demolition was in progress when the collapse occurred.
Mr Kennedy added: 'There a stretch around 15 to 20m that's collapsed. We've been here since December, the building was seven floors and we've gone down three.
'There's some heavy machinery on the higher floors, we use a machine called a muncher that chews through the walls, it's like a big claw, that may have fallen down.
'There's been a lot of building work around here but this is far enough away I would be surprised if that had anything to do it.'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3047504/Hundreds-staff-Roya...
Apr 21, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/global-filipino/world/04/27/15/over-50-w...
Over 50 workers trapped in Saudi building collapse
The collapse of a convention center being built northwest of the Saudi capital left more than 50 workers trapped under rubble on Monday, official media said.
The collapse "happened at noon and resulted in more than 50 workers being trapped", the Saudi Press Agency said, adding that four wounded were recovered from the building site for Qassim University.
Bandar al-Roshodi, the university spokesman, told Saudi television news channel Al-Ekhbariya that the workers were mostly from Pakistan.
"Until now we are searching," he later told AFP.
The trapped workers were of "different nationalities," Roshodi said. Asked about the chances of more survivors, he said: "We have hope, God willing."
Pictures from the scene showed a sprawling but low-level construction site, where many steel support rods had collapsed along with other parts of the structure.
Apr 28, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1r-S_429B0Y
Apr 28, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/North-Philly-Building-Col...
North Philly Building Collapses While Under Construction
Crews rushed to a North Philly street Tuesday after a building, which was under construction, crumbled to the ground.
Police said the front of the structure on north 18th Street near Page Street gave way just before 11 a.m. Tuesday.
City workers had reportedly been working at the site to convert the property for use as student housing for the university.
Police said an adjacent building was evacuated after it also was damaged by the collapse.
Utility crews were sent to the scene due to downed power lines.
Apr 28, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/nation-and-world/1-person-trapped...
1 person trapped in collapse at Watergate parking garage
The Watergate hotel and condominium complex pictured on the Potomac River in Washington, June 17, 2002. (Reuters/Hyungwon Kang, file)
WASHINGTON — Three floors of a parking garage at the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C., collapsed on Friday, reportedly trapping at least one person, local authorities and media reported.
The structure suffered a “pancake collapse,” according to a Twitter posting from Washington fire fighters. The complex, made famous by the 1972 political scandal chronicled in the book and movie “All the President’s Men,” is undergoing renovations.
Oscar Mendez, a spokesman for the D.C. Fire and EMS Department, said authorities received reports of one person trapped.
Mendez said units were dispatched around 10 a.m. to the complex, located several blocks from the U.S. State Department. The city’s fire department said the road near the complex had been closed.
Two local news outlets reported one person had been injured.
Representatives for the Watergate could not be immediately reached for comment.
May 1, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://kplr11.com/2015/05/01/two-workers-survive-30-foot-fall-in-mi...
Two workers survive 30-foot fall in Midtown building collapse
ST. LOUIS (KPLR) – Demolition workers almost lost their lives Friday when a three-story building in Midtown partially collapsed – with them standing on top of it.
The former apartment building is located on West Pine near Vandeventer. It was being torn down just after 11 a.m. when the front wall and part of the roof came crashing down below. Two men were atop the roof, trying to salvage bricks.
One man ended up buried under bricks on the first floor. The other man was buried in the basement.
And it not for a lot of help and plenty of luck, the story might have had a very different ending.
Remarkably, neither man was seriously injured. They were both able to walk away from the scene of the collapse under their own power.
City building inspectors and representatives from OSHA each visited the site Friday morning.
Workers are speculating the weight of the bricks was too much for the front wall because it had too many large windows, which some believe were added to the house decades after it had been built.
Bellon Wrecking, the company contracted to do the demolition, had no comment on the incident.
Workers were taken to an area hospital and are being treated for their injuries. The cause of the collapse is under investigation.
May 3, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
Residents of Chinese city baffled as ground mysteriously opens up and large sections of asphalt crumble into the crevasse
PUBLISHED: 11:08 EST, 5 May 2015 | UPDATED: 11:37 EST, 5 May 2015
Residents of the Chinese city of Guangzhou have been left baffled after the ground mysteriously opened up yesterday, collapsing large sections of road and causing traffic chaos.
Remarkable pictures taken at the scene of the subsidence in southern China show several sections of road having collapsed into the ground.
The incident caused no casualties, but traffic lights, a pedestrian crossing and large swathes of asphalt all crumbled, while burst water pipes flooded over the sections of road left above ground level, according to The People's Daily Online.
Officials and residents were left scratching their heads as to why the road suddenly collapsed
A large section of road sunk into the ground when the land subsidence occurred yesterday
Crowds quickly gathered to look at the chaotic scene (left) as a traffic light was left hanging precariously (right)
Qi Huaien, deputy mayor of Baiyun District, said experts had been called in to identify the cause of the collapse.
There were suspicions cavities under the road had given way due to the recent heavy rainfall.
Large crowds gathered to look at the hole that opened up in the road, while nearby workers shouted at them to stand back.
Not only was the road damaged in the collapse but the burst water pipes added to the problems, as the holes grew larger as time went by and by 4pm, new pits were appearing.
There were two construction sites nearby - one for the construction of a local footbridge and the other for the construction of a new metro station.
However, the metro station site had not yet started digging so it was unlikely to have anything to do with the road collapse.
Workers from the footbridge construction site told reporters that their work was also unrelated to the collapse, with one unnamed worker telling the deputy mayor they had not worked at all the past few days.
Mr Qi told reporters he had called in experts to identify the cause of the road collapse, but the immediate priority was for it to be repaired.
An official from the Baiyun District Construction Department, Mr Liu, told reporters that once the local flooding had cleared they would work to identify the cause and then repair the damaged road.
Mr Liu added that surveyors had been working on site but the chances that it would affect the safety of nearby buildings was low.
An unnamed expert on the scene said: 'The nearby buildings have good foundations so they are unlikely to be affected. However, the buildings without foundations may see some problems.'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3068794/Heavy-rainfall-dest...
Many fascinating Getty images in link
May 5, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.kktv.com/home/headlines/Collapsed-Retaining-Wall-Sparks-...
Update: CSFD Stops Gas Leak Caused by Collapsed Retaining Wall
UPDATE: 6:16 p.m.
CSFD says a retaining wall that fell on one of the Phil Long car Dealerships Sunday afternoon was somewhere around 45,000 lbs.
It happened around 1:00 p.m. off Motor City Drive.
CSFD responded to a call of someone smelling natural gas
and a retaining wall collapse.
The wall's collapse actually hit a gas line, causing an active gas leak.
Crews were able to get to the meter and shut it down.
Colorado Springs Utilities came out to make sure there were no more gas leaks.
Monday a structural engineer will evaluate the building and determine when they can re-open for business
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The Colorado Springs fire department is on scene where a retaining wall is collapsing.
HAZMAT was called out leaking gas due to the collapse. They stopped the leak and say no more gas is leaking at this time.
The collapse happened at 1338 Motor City Drive in Colorado Springs. The road is closed in the area.
May 11, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://helenair.com/news/world/asia/wall-collapse-in-eastern-china-...
Wall collapse in eastern China kills 10 workers
BEIJING (AP) — Ten workers were killed after a retaining wall under construction suddenly collapsed in the eastern province of Shandong, authorities said Sunday.
Six people were killed on the spot, and four others died in the hospital, according to a statement posted on the Lanling municipal government's website. Three others were in stable condition.
Police were investigating the collapse that took place Saturday on the ground of a local transportation company, the statement said.
Work safety incidents are common in China, where regulations and procedures are routinely ignored.
May 11, 2015
Howard
Stage with 80 Singers Suddenly Collapses During Performance in China (May 10)
Stage suddenly collapses with 80-person choir at Bijie Bijie City Theatre.
Accident has killed six people, with two others seriously injured.
Cause of the accident is under investigation.
Source
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a19_1431246500
May 11, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.wusa9.com/story/news/local/silver-spring/2015/05/12/buil...
4 escape building collapse in Silver Spring
SILVER SPRING, Md. (WUSA9) -- Four workers escaped from a house that collapsed in Silver Spring Tuesday afternoon, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue said.
Four workers escaped from a house that collapsed in Silver Spring Tuesday afternoon. (Photo: Montgomery County Fire and Rescue)
The structure collapse happened in the 800 block of Easley Street, Pete Piringer Chief Spokesperson for Montgomery County Fire and Rescue tweeted. The building was being renovated, officials said. Only the porch and basement survived the collapse.
All occupants of the building were able to get out and have been accounted for. Nobody was injured.
May 13, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/woman-rushed-to-hosp...
Woman rushed to hospital after giant billboard falls from a wall in Tooting crushing her underneath it
The woman suffered leg and hip injuries and has been taken to St George’s Hospital
A woman has been rushed to hospital after she was crushed when a large advertising billboard fell from a wall.
Witnesses heard a “thunderous noise” before the giant display structure tore off the wall and trapped the woman underneath it, only just missing her head.
May 13, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://earthspotter.com/taken-from-my-firefighter-friends-facebook-...
Road collapse in Middleburg, FL.
May 13, 2015