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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Building collapse kills 1

• September 22, 2011

A PU student was killed and 11 others, including five fire-fighters, injured when a three-storey building collapsed after a blast caused by leaking LPG gas. The blast occurred after gas leaked from cylinders kept in the kitchen of the Shri Lakshmi Venkateshwara Convention Hall on Magadi Road. In the explosion, a portion of the convention hall's wall collapsed. Fire fighters rushed to the spot, and were working to extinguish the fire when a second explosion took place on the ground floor of the building attached to the convention hall. The ground floor housed a chemical factory. Following the second explosion, the building collapsed and fire fighters and civilians were trapped under the debris. Three other adjacent houses were also damaged.

The deceased has been identified as Kavitha, 17, a PU student. The injured have been identified as Chinmayee, 4, Sharada, Pallavi, Beerappa, Ramanjanappa and Kantharaju. The injured fire fighters have been identified as fire station officer Raghavendra, fireman Govindaraju (both from Peenya fire station) firemen Nagesh, Anandaiah and Rangaswamy of Rajajinagar fire station. They have admitted to various hospitals. The Kamakshipalya police have booked case against the convention hall owner. A case against the owner of the chemical factory will also be booked, said the police. Forensic experts are investigating the cause of the blast and the number of cylinders that exploded in the incident.

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/bengaluru/building-c...

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Heavy rains collapse Comer Auditorioum roof, cause Mobley Road washout

Heavy overnight rains caused a portion of the Comer Auditorium roof to collapse and a section of Mobley Road in north Columbus to collapse, the city announced this morning.

The Comer Auditorium in Bibb City houses the offices of the Parks and Recreation department, which has been relocated to the Fox and Gallops rec centers. About 15 percent of the facility’s roof collapsed, which caused extensive flooding to the first floor and basement.

Mobley Road between Fallbranch Drive and Rivermont Court washed out at a concrete culvert. The road is closed there and except for people who live in the area, the city is urging the public to avoid it if possible.

http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2011/09/21/1746455/heavy-rains-colla...

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Road collapse leads to closure

A96 shut after drain causes hole

Published: 21/09/2011

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GAPING: A hole has opened up on the A96 Aberdeen to Huntly road.

AN EMERGENCY road closure was needed on a major route today after it unexpectedly collapsed.

BEAR Scotland shut part of the A96 Aberdeen to Huntly road from 9.30am after a stone drain collapsed underneath the road at Inveramsay railway bridge, north of Inverurie.

BEAR Scotland North-east representative Eddie Ross said the problem had been worsened by heavy rainfall, which led to a large hole gaping open under the A96 Aberdeen to Huntly road.

http://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/Article.aspx/2445751

 

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Coventry cathedral ruins in danger of collapse

The cathedral ruins on Bayley Lane are currently supported by scaffolding

Parts of Coventry's cathedral ruins are in danger of collapse, the site's director has said.

An urgent fundraising campaign has been started to raise money to repair the weather-damaged wall adjoining Bayley Lane, currently held up by scaffolding.

The estimated cost of repair to the structurally-unsafe 14th Century building is £250,000.

Cathedral executive director, Jane Woodward, said a crack had "suddenly appeared" through part of the stone.

She added: "You could see daylight through the crack, so we took immediate steps to put scaffolding up and the road had to be closed.

"We carry out an ongoing survey of the cathedral but this damage has taken us by surprise and it's very upsetting."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-14988473

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Man Rescued After Trench Collapse Near Ryan

Emergency crews work to free an individual trapped when a trench being built across 330th Street near Ryan collapsed on the morning of September 19, 2011. (Cliff Jette/SourceMedia Group)

DELAWARE COUNTY, Iowa - Employees of a Manchester excavating company digging a trench Monday morning across a county road ran into trouble when a dirt wall suddenly gave way trapping one worker. It happened at about 8:45 Monday morning along 330th Street southeast of Ryan.

Authorities said Anthony Marbach, 23, of rural Manchester got buried up to his waist in dirt. It took about two hours to free Marbach and he was listed in critical, but stable condition Monday afternoon at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids.

The workers for Gudenkauf Tiling and Excavation dug the trench in order to connect the field, or drainage tile, in one farm field to another.

John LeClere, Delaware County Sheriff, said investigators will need time to figure out what happened. “This worker (Marbach) was down in the trench when the trench collapsed. As for why it collapsed, it’s too soon to say,” LeClere said.

Volunteers firefighters in nearby Ryan and Coggon who got the call knew they needed specialized help to keep the dirt walls from falling and pull out the victim. The first responders called for a technical rescue team from the Marion Fire Department. That team brought equipment specifically designed to shore up the dirt walls in trenches.

Ray Gudenkauf, former owner of the farm, said it took two hours to free his son’s employee because it’s the kind of rescue you can’t rush. “They’ve got to release the pressure slowly. If they release the pressure too fast, that could cause him to not make it,” Gudenkauf said.

Brian Rowe, Volunteer Fire Chief in Coggon, said this was only the second trench rescue in his 30 years of firefighting experience. Rowe said in such cases, firefighters are trained to wait for specialists because rescuers can get caught in a collapse as well.
“Our first priority is the patient. But right along with that is everyone’s safety. We just have to do it by the book, the way we’re trained. Fortunately today, we had a good outcome,” Rowe said

http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Man-Trapped-in-Trench-Near-Ryan-1301...

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Motorists are being warned of an emergency road closure on Burnham on Sea following a collapse of a sewer earler today.

Link to story as I can't copy and paste.

http://www.burnham-on-sea.com/news/2011/berrow-road-closes-19-09-11...

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5 injured in Athens building site collapse

ATHENS, Greece - Greek officials say an apartment block under construction in Athens partially collapsed, injuring five workers.

The fire brigade says all five were hospitalized with light injuries, and a search of the reinforced concrete rubble with sniffer dogs found no other trapped workers.

The fire brigade said in a statement the collapse occurred Monday in the upmarket northern suburb of Kifissia.

Police were looking for two construction company officials responsible for safety at the building site.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/44577926

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Unoccupied Building Collapses In South Baltimore

September 14, 2011 7:29 PM

BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Rescue crews converge in South Baltimore at a building collapse. Two unoccupied residential units in a townhome on Light and Ostend Streets collapsed from the third floor to the first floor.

The Baltimore City Fire Department’s Special Operations Team is assessing whether or not anyone was inside the vacant building at the time of the collapse. The department has secured the perimeter and has requested a City Building Inspector to come to the scene to determine if the adjacent structure was compromised.

There are no reports of injuries.

http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2011/09/14/unoccupied-building-collap...

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20 feared trapped as building collapses in west Kenya

 

 

At least 20 people were last night trapped under rubble after a three storey hotel under construction collapsed at Mwivona trading centre in Vihiga County.

The building tumbled down at about 5pm after which a rescue team comprising the police, fire fighters from Kisumu, Kenya Red Cross volunteers and residents was scrambled to reach the victims.

The number of those trapped in the rubble could not be immediately determined since a number of residents were said to have been sheltering from heavy rains that were pounding the area.

“There were about ten workers in the building and other people sheltering from the rain. Three people have been pulled out alive but it’s chaotic here,” said Councillor Milton Ombuya from the scene.

“There are people who are trapped and they are making frantic calls for help.”

Mwivona trading centre where the ill-fated building is located is about three kilometres from Luanda market. Cllr Ombuya and his colleague Cllr Ezekiel Muya said that the number of those trapped could not be immediately established.

Western provincial police boss Benson Kibui confirmed to the Nation that the three storey building came down in a heavy downpour but the trigger for the accident was unknown.

“The number of those trapped is unknown but three of the workers have been pulled from the rubble with minor injuries and rushed to Maseno District Hospital,” he said.

Crowds gathered at the scene where the accident occurred to try and rescue those trapped. The structure was almost complete and the construction workers were said to have been plastering the walls when the building collapsed.

http://poleshift.ning.com/profiles/blogs/building-collapse?commentI...

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Two killed, 25 injured as strong quake jolts Sikkim

GANGTOK: A powerful earthquake with a 6.8 magnitude rocked Sikkim and other parts in the northeast today leaving at least two dead and over 30 injured besides causing extensive damage to several buildings.

The epicentre of the quake - the biggest in two decades - was located at Mangan and Sakyong areas, over 50 km from Gangtok on Sikkim-Nepal border.

Tremors were felt in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, parts of West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chandigarh and Delhi.

One of the two persons was killed at Singtham in East Sikkim district and another died just outside Singtham, Sikkim chief secretary Karma Gyatso said.

Several buildings developed major cracks in the state as personnel of the disaster management were deployed, Gyatso said.

Two buildings of the Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) collapsed in Pegong area though there was no immediate report of any casualty, a senior official said.

Three after shocks of 5.7, 5.3 and 4.6 magnitude on the Richter Scale were felt in the region within 30 minutes of the first quake.

"Tremors were felt between 30 seconds to one minute in some parts of Sikkim, including Gangtok," Shailesh Nayak, secretary in the ministry of earth sciences, said in Delhi.

Gyatso described it as "a massive earthquake. We have alerted the armed forced and the paramilitary personnel."

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh spoke to Sikkim chief minister Pawan Kumar Chamling and offered help in all possible ways, including availability of defence forces.

The Prime Minister directed cabinet secretary to call an emergency meeting of the National Disaster Management Authority, PMO sources said.

5 IAF planes pressed into action for relief operations. Two teams of the National Disaster Response Force - five each from Delhi and Kolkata - are being sent to assist in the relief and rescue operations, R K Srivastava, joint secretary, disaster management, in the home ministry, said.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Quake-jolts-Sikkim-two-kil...