Collapsing Buildings and Roadways

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.

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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.

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Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on June 11, 2016 at 11:49pm: http://abc7chicago.com/news/roof-collapses-at-vacant-north-side-bun...

Saturday, June 11, 2016 01:34PM

CHICAGO (WLS) --
A roof collapsed into a two and a half story bungalow in the 2500-block of Berteau Avenue near Horner Park on Chicago's North Side.

ROOF COLLAPSES AT VACANT NORTH SIDE BUNGALOW

Fire officials say the building was vacant at the time of the collapse and is not currently occupied at all according to neighbors. No injuries have been reported so far.

The fire department is on the scene and checking for any gas leaks or other damage that could affect the neighborhood. They are also investigating the cause of the collapse.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on June 11, 2016 at 7:26pm: http://www.kolkata24x7.com/national-news/2-labourers-die-after-part...

2 Labourers Die After Part Of Building Collapses

Hyderabad: Two labourers died and another four others were injured as a newly-built slab collapsed in the Maheshwari Vidyalaya Trust Bhavan in the old city area of Hyderabad today.

Nandu, 33, and Venkataiah, 40, died on the spot as the slab fell on them. Among those injured were engineers who were shifted to Osmania hospital.

The two labourers who suffered fatal injuries are from Wanaparthy in Mahbubnagar district.

The slab had been put at 11 pm and collapsed at 1 am. Rescue team were trying to extricate the bodies of the labourers till hours later.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on June 11, 2016 at 6:49am

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2 men injured in Hyannis floor collapse

Workers were on a lift inside a former Hyannis car dealership when the floor caved in

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Property owner Stuart Bornstein, left, speaks with fire and police officials at an old car dealership in Hyannis where two workers were injured Friday. The men were using a hydraulic lift that fell when the concrete floor beneath it collapsed. Steve Heaslip/Cape Cod Times

Posted Jun. 10, 2016 at 7:42 PM

HYANNIS — Two men were seriously injured when a floor collapsed during renovations at a former car dealership on Stevens Street Friday morning.

They were taken to Cape Cod Hospital with multiple traumatic injuries, Hyannis fire Capt. William Rex said.

The men, who were not identified, were on a man lift while working in the building, when the cement floor collapsed beneath them, Rex said.

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the incident.

Firefighters and police flooded the building's garage late Friday morning. A Barnstable County Sheriff's Office Bureau of Criminal Investigation officials with a camera used a ramp to access the building's basement. Yellow tape cordoned off the area inside the building.

The two men who were on the lift were immediately taken to Cape Cod Hospital by ambulance; one was later taken by a MedFlight helicopter to a Boston hospital, Hyannis Deputy Fire Chief Dean Melanson said. Another man who was struck by debris declined treatment at the scene, but later drove himself to Cape Cod Hospital.

The men are employees of Environmental Response Services Inc. of Middleboro, and were removing environmentally sensitive items, such as light fixtures that contained mercury, in preparation for retrofitting the building, according to OSHA spokesman Edmund Fitzgerald.

The company does asbestos removal, mold removal, hazardous material handling and decontamination, according to its website.

Environmental Response Services officials did not respond to voicemail and email messages on Friday.

The building at 268 Stevens St. was eventually going to be demolished, Melanson said.

The property is owned by Hyannis Imported Cars LP, according to online Barnstable assessor's records. Hyannis Imported Cars LP lists Paul and Stuart Bornstein as its directors in an annual report with the Massachusetts Secretary of State. The property, which has been the home of a series of dealerships, including Hyannis Nissan and Balise Nissan, is valued at $797,500, according to assessors records.

Stuart Bornstein, a prominent local businessman who runs Holly Management & Supply, was on the scene of the collapse Friday morning. A message left at his office seeking more information had not been returned as of Friday afternoon.

The property at 268 Stevens St. is listed on the website for Holly Management as available for rent, including 10,000 square feet of living space, an auto dealership with maintenance bays on 1.48 acres with parking and a display lot for more than 100 cars.

The building had been unoccupied for years, and there were preliminary plans to build a new car dealership in its place, Melanson said.

“We're still trying to mediate the fuel spill,” he said about a spill from the lift.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on June 10, 2016 at 1:55am: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/wall-collapses-top-mult...

Posted June 9, 2016 - 2:25pm

Wall collapses on top of multiple vehicles in east Las Vegas

Clark County Fire Department workers tend to a roof collapse near the intersection of East Sahara Avenue and Boulder Highway on Thursday, June 9, 2016 in Las Vegas. The collapse damaged cars parked near the wall of an apartment complex. (Brett Le Blanc/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @bleblancphoto)

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The Clark County Fire Department is responding to call about a wall that collapsed and fell on top of multiple vehicles Thursday afternoon.

The incident happened about 1 p.m. in the 3700 block of East Sahara Avenue, near Boulder Highway, Metropolitan Police Department spokeswomen Laura Meltzer said.

The wall appears to be adjoined to an empty or abandoned building, Melzer said, but the building did not collapse.

There were no injuries and Metro and the fire department are investigating.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on June 8, 2016 at 7:13pm: http://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/portion-of-lp-school-col...

Portion of LP school collapses; narrow escape for kids The teachers managed to evict all children just before the accident, thereby avoiding a tragedy...

Kottayam: A portion of the Thalikkottaparambu LP School at Thazhathangadi, Kottayam, which housed an anganwadi, collapsed around 10 am on Wednesday. T...

Photo: E V Ragesh Kottayam: A portion of the Thalikkottaparambu LP School at Thazhathangadi, Kottayam, which housed an anganwadi, collapsed around 10 ...

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on June 8, 2016 at 5:59pm

Gone in 30 minutes: Couple's horror as their house COLLAPSES in just half an hour during building work - six months after it was bought as a 'doer-upper' for £700,000

The £700,000 terraced house in Lewisham, south-east London, collapsed in just 30 minutes during building work
Neighbours, who were evacuated from homes, said sound of the house collapsing was 'like a bomb had gone off'
House was sold in January for £660,000 and has been under development since then without anyone living there

PUBLISHED: 08:30 EST, 8 June 2016

A £700,000 terraced house in London collapsed 30 minutes after its front began to sag dangerously.

Police were forced to close off Lampmead Road in Lewisham and this morning the property, which was undergoing extensive works, fell down.

Neighbours said the sound of the house collapsing was 'like a bomb had gone off' - and some described an ear-splitting 'crunch' as it came down.

Dangerous: 30 minutes earlier the roof and front of the building began to sag dangerously and neighbours were evacuated

The road in south-east London was then filled with brick dust, which then flew upwards into the sky.

People living next door to the property, believed to be owned by Sajdah Haq Williams and her husband Robert, are thought to have been evacuated by police when the house began sagging dangerously.

Residents were evacuated at around 11am, and moments later, the roof fell in.

Ted Ashton, a passerby, was walking to work when he spotted the carnage.

'The area was cordoned off and police were there, that sort of thing.

'Then obviously I saw the house on the corner leaning forwards at the top and the roof was caved in.'

Ken Taylor, who across the road, said the house collapsed at around 11am.

The 74 year-old told the Evening Standard: 'First of all a couple of bricks fell out then gradually the whole roof sagged outwards and some of it fell off.

'Today they were just about to start inspecting it with a cherry picker when the whole roof fell in. Maybe it was that. There was a big crunch and a big cloud of dust, it was like a bomb had gone off'.

The house was sold in January and has been under development since then without anyone living there.

The owners paid £660,000 for the property but it is thought to have been worth around £700,000 at the time of its collapse.

Describing what happened, architect Ted Aston, 55, told the Evening Standard: 'The roof of the building was leaning over the street, the corner of the road was cordoned off and they weren't letting anyone near it.

'I spoke to a police officer outside and she told me next door had been evacuated, as she understands it all of the internal walls have been removed.'

He added: 'There's been some sort of refurbishment work going on at the house. It had some hoarding up at the front to protect the public while the work was going on but then this happened.

'I've gone past the house on my way to and from work as I live locally. You could see the walls were bowing this morning and when I went back it had collapsed in on itself.

'It's such a shame. They are lovely houses - around 100 years old. A woman at the scene told me that apparently all the interior walls had been removed. I don't know how true that is but I don't know why they would do that.'

A Metropolitan Police spokesman said no-one was injured in the incident.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3631346/Gone-30-minutes-Ter...

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on June 8, 2016 at 7:45am: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Couple-killed-in-...

Couple killed in house collapse

TNN | Jun 8, 2016, 05.51 AM IST

Ahmedabad: An elderly couple, tenants, died after their home collapsed on Tuesday evening. The duo was taken out of the debris, but while the husband died en route, his wife died on reaching the hospital. Shahpur police have started an investigation to ascertain whether negligence led to the incident.

Ahmedabad Fire and Emergency Services (AFES) said they got a call from Nagoriwad on RC Technical Institute Road in Shahpur area at 7 pm, when the middle portion of a two-storey building collapsed. A team rushed to the spot to remove the debris and found the couple - Dayaram Suryavanshi, 65, and his wife Shantaben, 60 - under the debris, unconscious. They had sustained severe head and body injuries. Both died soon after the rescue, officials added.

Rajesh Bhatt, additional chief fire officer of AFES, said this is the fifth incident they have attended in ten days from the walled city area, for structural collapse. In three of calls, these collapses have been fatal. "There may be issues ranging from maintenance to tenant-owner relationship but even as work is on to identify dangerous structures, citizens should understand that such negligence can cost lives," he said.

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Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on June 6, 2016 at 1:23am: http://www.13newsnow.com/news/local/mycity/norfolk/apartment-buildi...

VA building evacuated

Crews investigating apartment building collapse in Norfolk

NORFOLK, Va. (WVEC) -- Crews are working to determine what exactly caused part of an apartment building in Norfolk to collapse Sunday afternoon.

Fire crews are on the scene at the 200 block of W. Bay Ave. at the Gates of West Bay complex near Ocean View.

According to the fire battalion chief, brick on the building began falling off, but there's no indication of an explosion or issues with any gas lines.

No one was injured, but the building has been evacuated and the power will be disconnected as the Fire Marshal's office investigates.

The apartment manager says accommodations will be made for all the residents in the building, as no one can stay there until repairs have been made.

There's no word yet on how long it will take to make those accommodations or how long the residents will be displaced for.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on June 5, 2016 at 8:16pm: http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/this-urban-jungle/office-staff-fl...

Office staff flee in horror as as wall and ceiling collapse during terrifying storm in KL

Posted on 4 June 2016 | 2,639 views

A heavy storm in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia yesterday evening (Jun 3) caused the ceiling and wall in an office building to cave in.

A viral video circulating online shows staff screaming and fleeing in panic. Voices can also be heard shouting for them to evacuate.

According to a report on New Straits Times Online, the incident occurred in Bukit Jalil.

Netizens referred to the incident as a 'freak storm' and one also joked, "For those who don't understand what is storm in English, please also check financial storm, political storm, 1MDB storm."

It isn't just Malaysia that sees so much damage during a bad storm, as similar incidents have also been previously reported in Singapore.

Comment by KM on June 4, 2016 at 3:25pm: https://www.sott.net/article/319560-At-least-one-dead-seven-trapped...

At least one dead, seven trapped in Thailand as beach resort hotel ...

A two-story hotel at a beach resort on Thailand's Ko Chang island partly collapsed on Saturday morning, burying several families, including a two-year-old child, local police said. At least one foreign tourist has died and seven remain trapped.

The Siam Beach Hotel is a popular destination for tourists on an island located in Trat Province in the Gulf of Thailand.

Koh Chang police chief Pol Col Arwat Pibulsawat told local outlet The Nation that a two-year-old child was among the trapped tourists.

Social media reports suggested that torrential rains had led to the collapse, and district chief Kamthon Wehon speculated the deluge had caused the land to subside, adding that the hotel is built next to a mountain.

Rescuers, who have already freed several tourists from the rubble, are working at the scene.