Collapsing Buildings and Roadways

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Highway collapse, Jingdong, China, 03.11.25

Building Collapse in Manchester, UK

October 17, 2025, a playground collapsed at Zijiang School in Shaoyang City, Hunan Province, fortunately no casualties were reported. The Zijiang School playground collapse emergency response headquarters announced on Saturday that they have begun an investigation to the cause.

The emergency response headquarters confirmed that the west wall and some playgrounds of the campus of the school collapsed, and the corners of the west side of the Boxue Building (teaching building) were damaged.

ZETATALK: THE STRETCH ZONE, THAT SINKING FEELING

ZetaTalk explores the concept of Earth's "stretch zones"—regions where tectonic plates are being pulled apart due to planetary forces, particularly in anticipation of a predicted pole shift. It focuses heavily on the eastern seaboard of the U.S., the Caribbean, and parts of Europe, warning that these areas will experience significant land subsidence due to the widening of the Atlantic Rift.

Key points include:

• Historical evidence of submerged forests and civilizations off the U.S. East Coast and Bermuda.

• Predictions that areas like Florida, Georgia, and the UK will lose elevation and be permanently flooded.

• A detailed catalog of sinkholes, train derailments, infrastructure collapses, and mysterious odors from 2004–2005, interpreted as signs of Earth stretching.

• The concept of “imploding cities”, where underground infrastructure fails due to shifting rock layers.

• Warnings to relocate from vulnerable coastal and low-lying areas before the pole shift occurs.

More: https://www.zetatalk.com/index/blog1010.htm

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Mystery as elderly woman's house COLLAPSES into the street leaving a bed hanging out of the wreckage

• The 200-year-old cottage near Okehampton, Devon, collapsed and the wall spilled out onto the road in the village
• A bed belonging to the female owner almost ended up in the road and her personal possessions were on view 
• Luckily the elderly owner of the house - who does not live their full time - was not inside when it collapsed
• Engineers have been out to inspect the building, but it is not yet known what caused the house to collapse 

An elderly woman's bed almost fell out of her 200-year-old cottage after the wall completely collapsed and rubble spilled out into the road.

A shocking set of photographs revealed the damaged caused to the thatched property after the building - made of cob - began to crumble.

Other personal possessions including chairs, mirrors, clothes and books were also on show and exposed to the elements after the sudden and dramatic collapse.

The road in sleepy Sampford Courtenay, near Okehampton, Devon, remains cordoned off with part of the rubble from the cottage blocking the street.

The elderly woman's bed almost fell out of her home in Sampford Courtenay, near Okehampton, Devon, when the wall collapsed 

Her cottage collapsed and the wall - made from cob - spilled out into the road which was cordoned off as the rubble blocked the street

Her double bed almost fell out into the road and items in her bedroom were exposed after the wall crumbled on Thursday afternoon 

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Nine feared dead in Pune building collapse

Pune, Jul 29 (IBNS): Nine people are feared dead and several injured in a building collapse in Pune on Friday morning, according to media reports. 

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Myer redevelopment site flooded after Hobart Rivulet wall collapses

By Ted O'Connor

Updated 57 minutes ago

PHOTO: Two excavators have been almost submerged by the flood water. (ABC News: Ted O'Connor)

Water from the Hobart Rivulet has flooded a major construction site in the CBD, leading to roads blocks and the closure of the adjacent shopping centre.

Key points:

• A brick wall between the Myer worksite and the Hobart Rivulet collapsed
• Debris from the collapse created dam in rivulet, pushing water into worksite
• The Cat and Fiddle shopping centre has been closed

A major operation to remove floodwater from the worksite is underway after the rivulet wall partially collapsed overnight.

No-one was present at the Myer redevelopment on Murray Street when the inundation happened but the water has risen high enough to almost cover two excavators.

Kevin Harkins from the CFMEU said the brick wall collapse had created a dam in the rivulet, pushing more water into the site.

"The Hobart Rivulet has broken through what is a brick embankment and the water from that is flowing through onto the jobsite," he said.

"Substantial material has fallen into the rivulet, so it's created a bit of a dam."

Mr Harkins anticipated a lengthy repair period ahead.

"This is major building collapse. Thanks God no-one's been injured," he said.

"Because the site's so dangerous, because a wall and a roof have basically collapsed, it's about unpicking that before we start construction and the repair of anything else.

"The damage to the buildings next door is substantial, so there's going to need to be a lot of investigation done before anyone can really start any meaningful work again."

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Welsh Streets building collapse forces evacuation of family

• 26 July 2016
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Image captionThe road has been closed in High Park Street after a former chip shop collapsed

A building has collapsed in the Welsh Streets regeneration area of Liverpool.

The front of a derelict property on High Park Street in Toxteth collapsed onto the pavement shortly before 19.45 BST on Monday, Merseyside Police said.

Nobody was hurt but a family living in a flat above a neighbouring shop has been evacuated.

High Park Street is closed at its junction with Voelas Street and Rhiwlas Street while structural engineers and demolition experts assess the scene.

Pedestrians and motorists are being warned to avoid the area.

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Seven dead, eight injured in Darjeeling building collapse

Kolkata Sun (IANS) Sunday 24th July, 2016

Siliguri, July 23 (IANS) Seven people died and eight others were injured when an old three-storey building collapsed in West Bengal's Darjeeling town, officials said.

Seven of the injured were in hospital following the accident that happened late on Friday night at Dr Zakir Hussain Bustee, said Darjeeling's Superintendent of Police Amit Javalgi.

Seven dead bodies were recovered from the wreckage, he said. Six of the dead were women

Administration sources said the building, constructed in 1968, was not repaired over the years and its foundations had seemingly got weak. The condition of the building worsened during the past few days following rains.

The state government has decided to give ex gratia compensation of Rs 2 lakh to the next of kin of the each of the deceased. Rs 1 lakh will be handed out to the seriously injured.

Rs 10,000 is being given as funeral grant immediately to the family of those who have perished.

The search and rescue operation that continued throughout the night has been completed.

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'Children were crying. Chunks of burning metal were falling out of the sky': Dubai skyscraper inferno witnesses tell of their horror as hundreds evacuate building 

• A blaze took over the Sulafa Tower in the Marina district of Dubai
• Pieces of the building's facade fell off and tumbled to the ground
• Daniela Carvalho, 34, ran down 47 flights of stairs in terror
• 'There were children crying and everyone was in shock,' she said 
• The fire appears to have started about half way up the 75-storey building
• Firefighters have now managed to bring blaze under control 

Horrified witnesses have told how 'chunks of burning metal' fell from the sky when a 75-storey skyscraper went up in flames in Dubai.

Daniela Carvalho, 34, ran down 47 flights of stairs in terror after the alarm went off in her apartment at about 3pm.

She grabbed her passport and some money before joining hundreds in fleeing the burning building.

'There were children crying and everyone was in shock,' she said.

The residential Sulafa Tower skyscraper caught fire in the densely populated Marina district, sending plumes of smoke into the air. 

Chunks of burning debris landed on surrounding buildings and neighbouring swimming pools with passers-by and workmen running for cover. 

The fire appears to have started on the 35th floor and quickly spread to other floors and the sides of the building but has now been extinguished.  

A huge fire broke out in the Sulafa Tower in Dubai and  hundreds of residents were evacuated

Hundreds of residents are thought to have been evacuated from the building. Many who work in nearby offices watched in horror as their homes went up in flames. 

'I was working in my apartment on the 47th floor at the time. When the alarm went off, I went out onto my balcony and saw thick black smoke. I quickly grabbed my things and went straight for the stairs,' Ms Carvalho said.

'There were lots of people trying to leave at the same time and children were crying but no one was running. It was very hot. It took me 20 minutes to get all the way down and my legs have completely given out,' she said.

'No one realised how serious it was until we got outside, looked up and saw the fire.

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Two dead, eight injured as ‘100-year-old’ building collapses in Karachi

KARACHI: At least two people including a woman were killed and eight others injured in a building collapse near Shaheen Complex on II Chundrigar Road in Karachi, ARY News reported.

Many people were feared to be trapped under rubble of the building before rescue officials arrived and pulled put the trapped residents.

Officials said the building was very old and decrepit while Sindh Building Control Authority had also declared it dangerous, however people had still been residing in for several years. The building was ground plus one storey and more new rooms had been constructed on the building.

Administrator Karachi Metropolitan Corporation Laiq Ahmed said all the people trapped under the rubble had safely been rescued.

“It was a 100 years old building. The incident took place during construction work,” he said.

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Six-story building collapses in Shubra al-Kheima, no casualties

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A six-story building collapsed on Syria Street, west of Shubra al-Kheima district, on Wednesday evening.

There were no reported deaths resulting from the collapse, with all residents evacuating shortly before the building came down.

Investigators say that the building was already condemned due to a lack of concrete pillars and was due for demolition.

However, they did not say what exactly sparked the collapse on Wednesday night.

Qalyubia Governor Reda Farahat headed to the scene when he heard the news and asked for a thorough investigation. He was accompanied by Alaa al-Nady, head of the district, and Mostafa Abbas, the governor's deputy secretary general.

The governor also insisted that a proper clean-up operation was started to remove the remains of the building and clean up the area.

Unsafe buildings often collapse across Egypt, with occasional deaths and injuries. In some cases, the buildings were already vacated or at least earmarked for demolition, although others simply collapse unexpectedly due to poor construction or heavy rain.

In March, several people were killed and injured when a five-storey building collapsed in Ismailia. Heavy rain was given as a possible reason for the final collapse of the unsound structure.

The same month, three buildings collapsed in the Karmouz neighborhood of Alexandria, with no deaths of injuries. The buildings, which had already been evacuated ahead of demolition, were cordoned off.

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Scores in copter evacuation after Canaries road collapse

AFP•July 13, 2016

One hundred and fifty people, including forty children, are evacuated to the port of Garachico by helicopter after the collapsing of a road that left the village of Teno isolated, in the north of the Canary Island of Tenerife, on July 12, 2016 (AFP Photo/Desiree Martin)

Tenerife (Spain) (AFP) - Over 100 people were rescued by helicopter Wednesday following the collapse of a cliffside road in Spain's Canary Islands that left a village cut off, official said.

Four helicopters transported a total of 123 people from the port of Teno on the northern coast of the resort island of Tenerife, the largest and most populous of the archipelago off the Moroccan coast, to the nearby port of Garachico, a local emergency services spokeswoman said.

The operation was carried out in the early hours of Wednesday and it lasted several hours, she added. None of the people who were evacuated needed medical attention, she said.

A roughly eight-metre (26-foot) long stretch of the only road linking the port of Teno with the rest of the island collapsed late on Tuesday, stranding dozens of local residents and visitors.

The port of Teno is known for its picturesque lighthouse on a narrow rocky headland and volcanic coastline which make it a popular day trip.

Access to the port remained cut on Wednesday as experts investigated the causes of the road collapse, the regional government said

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Tragedy In Anambra State As Storey Building Collapses Killing 3 Persons (Photos)

Posted by Nairapod on 07/13/2016

An eyewitness told NAN that three other persons, who sustained severe injuries, were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.

Those that rushed to the scene of the incident and assisted in the rescue mission included the Commissioner of Police in the State, Mr Hosea Karma and the Divisional Police Officer in Ogidi, Mr Hassan Musa.

Karma, who described the death of the artisans as “unfortunate and untimely”, urged the people in the area to take heart and prayed for the repose of the souls of the dead.