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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.

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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.

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Comment by KM on July 20, 2016 at 9:09pm

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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.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on July 17, 2016 at 8:21pm: http://arynews.tv/en/one-killed-several-injured-karachi-building-co...

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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Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on July 15, 2016 at 5:48pm: http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/six-story-building-collapses-s...

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.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on July 14, 2016 at 1:33am: https://www.yahoo.com/news/scores-copter-evacuation-canaries-road-c...

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

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on July 14, 2016 at 1:21am: http://nairapod.net/tragedy-in-anambra-state-as-storey-building-col...

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.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on July 8, 2016 at 3:30am: http://thenewsroad.com/uk/five-die-in-wall-collapse-at-birmingham-r...

Five die in wall collapse at Birmingham recycling site
July 7, 2016

Emergency services battled to save the men but they were declared dead at the scene

Five men have died in an accident at a recycling site in Birmingham.

Police were called to Hawkeswood Metal in the Nechells area of the city shortly before 09:00 BST on Thursday.

It is understood a wall at the site on Aston Church Road had collapsed on the men.

A spokesman for West Midlands Police said members of the emergency services attended the scene but the men were pronounced dead.

A sixth man managed to scramble free from the rubble and was taken to Heartlands Hospital with a broken leg.

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “On arrival, ambulance crews found that a wall had collapsed.

“Sadly, there was nothing that could be done to save the five men who had been working next to it.”

West Midlands Fire Service said its control room had received reports that a person was stuck and suffering cardiac arrest.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on July 8, 2016 at 3:27am

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Crews responding to road collapse on Old Coachman Road

Article published on Thursday, July 7, 2016

CLEARWATER - Clearwater Traffic and Public Utilities crews are on their way to Old Coachman Road in Clearwater where a reclaimed water casing is causing a section of road to collapse at the 1700 block of Old Coachman, which is at the midway between N.E. Coachman and Sunset Point Road.
Traffic and Engineering is on the way to either detour traffic or close off that section of road, according to a news release from the city.
Water Division Crews are on site and will begin to make road repairs once traffic has been detoured. The work is expected to take at least a couple of hours.
Alternate routes include Belcher Road, Keen Road or U.S. 19 N. Motorists are told to expect congestion and significant delays

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on July 2, 2016 at 7:45am: http://news.thaivisa.com/phuket/kata-hill-westbound-reduced-to-one-...

Kata hill westbound reduced to one lane following road collapse

PHUKET: — A landslide under a newly laid section of road on the westbound section of Kata hill [4028] at the Sataw bend has left the road with large cracks meaning it has been reduced to one lane only due to it being a danger to motorists.

Pichak Sornchana, Deputy Director of the Highway Department confirmed to The Phuket News today (July 1) that officials are aware of the damage and that temporary measures have been taken to stop further damage occurring.

“We were notified of the damage on June 18 and at that time we placed traffic cones on site so that traffic avoided the damaged section of road. Concrete barriers later replaced the cones, and shuttering was placed where the landslide had occurred to stop it sliding any further,” he said.

Mr Pichak went on to explain that the damage occurred when the Phuket Provincial Electric Authority (PEA) were carrying out work to install new electricity pylons alongside the road.

“PEA dug at about ten spots alongside the road ready to put in the pylons, and the foundations for the pylons had already been prepared. However, as they went further towards the bend, when they dug out the soil the land slipped and caused the road to crack.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on July 2, 2016 at 6:59am: http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/14594179.Major_incident_after_four_i...

Four people hospitalised after standing on first-floor Brighton balcony that collapsed into basement

Four people have been injured, two seriously, after a balcony they were standing on collapsed.

Emergency services were called to a first-floor flat in Montpelier Road, Brighton, just after 11.45pm (Friday, July 1).

Multiple police units arrived soon after the collapse, with several fire engines also in attendance.

Neighbours said they heard a "loud crash" before venturing outside to see what had happened.

The first-floor stone balcony of the flat was half-missing, with its iron railings warped where the flooring had fallen away.

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Part of the balcony fell, past the ground floor entrance, into a basement flat access way of the building, believed to have been constructed in the mid-19th century. Some of those injured fell with it into the basement.

A resident living a few doors down, who did not wish to be named, was standing outside in night clothes with his partner.

He told The Argus: "We heard a loud bang and came outside.

"From inside the flat it felt like a car crash."

A police inspector told onlooking residents to go back into their homes and not to go on to their balconies as a precaution.

Other passers-by, some of whom were Friday-night revellers, were turned back as a cordon was extended to the junction of Montpelier Terrace and, farther uphill, at the junction of Victoria Road.

Two of the casualties went to hospital by ambulance about an hour after emergency services arrived.

The other two were rushed to A&E at about 1.10am today (Saturday, July 2).

A Sussex Police spokesman confirmed to The Argus that four people were injured.

He said: "We have two walking wounded and two seriously injured.

"There are no suspicious circumstances."

The road was closed as the incident unfolded and a "multi-agency meeting" took place to assess the situation.

Fire crews from as far afield as Lewes and Battle were called in to assist with the rescue operation as it is believed those in the basement are unable to move, according to nearby residents, though a fire service spokeswoman could not confirm that anybody was trapped under debris.

A spokeswoman from East Sussex Fire and Rescue said: "We were called at 11.49pm by ambulance crews.

"There was a balcony which we believe had collapsed.

"There are four casualties, which crews and the ambulance are dealing with.

"Some of the casualties are in the basement area."

There were three fire engines from Brighton, two from Lewes and two from Battle as well as several ambulances.

Building control officials later arrived on scene.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on July 1, 2016 at 7:27am: http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1024785/concrete-awning-at-...

Concrete awning at Bangkok mansion collapses 1 Jul 2016 at 10:58
A photo taken from @js100radio twitter shows the collapsed awning. A concrete awning at a mansion in Bangkok’s Phaya Thai district collapsed on Thursday night, damaging eight vehicles. The incident occurred...
The incident occurred at the 10-storey Noble Mansion on Pradiphat 23 off Pradiphat Road in Samsen Nai area, Khanit Chumchuay, a senior thesakit officer (city council inspector), said on Friday. It was.reported about 11pm. A team of thetsakit from Phaya Thai district found that a 20-metre-long cement awning over a parking space, about four metres from the ground, fell off. Six cars and two pickup...
Kotchaporn Pongwitthayapanu, 27, a receptionist at a Ratchadami hotel, said she heard the lightning-like sound and an anti-theft alarm rang at around 8.30pm while she was sleeping in her room. She did... not come to check as she thought it was raining. When she got up to find something to eat outside, she was shocked to see her Toyota car badly damaged. The awning at the first floor of the building was found collapsed.