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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Two 'lucky to be alive' after hotel flattened in horror collapse

THIS is the devastating scene after a hotel COLLAPSED and narrowly avoided two shoppers.

Published 28th May 2016

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FLATTENED: The wreckage after the shop collapse this morning

The Seasham Harbour View Hotel in Durham collapsed straight onto the street as residents walked past while doing Bank Holiday shopping.

People watched in horror as the entire front of the building collapsed onto the pavement – narrowly missing two shoppers.

People were sitting either side having coffees when the rubble began raining onto the seafront footpath.

The hotel was hit by a huge fire in September last year and work was underway to demolish it when it fell to the ground this morning.

Shops and cafes on the street were shut amid the mayhem.

Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service were called to the scene at 10.50am today, they confirmed.

The firefighters attended following a call from a member of the public and made the building safe.

Shaun Sparks, who saw the incident happen told The Echo: "Was out on a Saturday morning jaunt on my road bike. It literally happened just before I rode past.

"Got covered in dust off the collapse. Apparently there was a couple that were just on the pavement as it happened. They were luckier."

The case has now been handed over to demolition experts and council officials.

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6 injured,1 seriously after temporary structure of building collapse

May 15, 2016

When the incident happened, the six workers were carrying out construction work on the fourth floor of the building.

PETALING JAYA: Six foreign workers were injured, including one seriously when part of a temporary structure of a building which is under construction in Persiaran Barat, Petaling Jaya, near here collapsed this morning.

In the 9am incident, the temporary structure that was used by the workers for slab installation works on the fourth floor of the building suddenly collapsed.

Selangor Fire and Rescue Department Operations Officer, Fire Chief Mustakim Rimon said the victims comprised an Indonesian and five Bangladeshis in their 30s.

“When the incident happened, the six workers were carrying out construction work on the fourth floor of the building.

“One of the victims who was severely injured was brought out by the fire and rescue personnel, two others were saved by their friends while the other three managed to save themselves,” he said when met at the scene.

He said the last victim was taken out at about 2.50pm.

“The victim who was severely injured in the waist area has been saved.

“We brought him out manually after attempts to use a crane were found to be unsuitable,” he said.

He said the department received an emergency call at 9.56am and arrived four minutes later.

“A total of 25 members and officials from the fire stations in Section 7, Petaling Jaya and Damansara were rushed to the location,” he said.

Mustakim said all the victims were taken to the Universiti Malaya Medical Centre for treatment and the cause of the incident was still being investigated.
It is understood that the construction work at the location has been temporarily stopped.

Meanwhile, a witness Kamal Hussain, 40, said during the incident, he and his friends rushed to the construction site that was located less than 100 metres away before seeing several people trapped under concrete slabs.

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http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latestnews/fire2016-05-10T05-32-41

Several workers injured as building collapses in Negril

Tuesday, May 10, 2016 | 7:31 AM

NEGRIL, Jamaica – Several construction workers were rushed to hospital this morning, after a section of a building under construction at the former Grand Lido hotel in Negril collapsed.

OBSERVER ONLINE is unable to ascertain the cause of the collapse and the condition of the injured workers who are currently receiving treatment at the Noel Holmes Hospital in Hanover and the Savanna-la-Mar Hospital in Westmoreland.

It is also understood that several workers are also trapped under the rubble of the two-storey building that was being constructed.

The incident reportedly occurred at about 6:00 am Personnel from the Negril Police Station and the Negril Fire Department are currently on the scene

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WATCH: Shocking building collapse caught on camera

By: ABP News Bureau | Last Updated: Tuesday, 10 May 2016 7:46 PM

Patna: A shocking incident of building collapse has come to light. The building collapsed in Bihar, injuring several people who were residing in the building.

According to reports, the incident occurred in Bihar’s Sheohar district. The building collapsed in dramatic fashion . The building first tilted, than swayed sideways and then collapsed completely .

The chocking incident was caught on camera. Who recorded the video was not clear. The footage was uploaded on YouTube.

It is not clear why the building collapsed and how many people were injured.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osmys0UW4YQ

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Parking lot collapses, closing bridge

By WHP-TV Thursday, May 5th 2016

HARRISBURG, Pa. Three buildings and a parking lot near the Mulberry Street Bridge have collapsed, according to fire officials. WHP-TV's Kristin Mazur was at the scene when the parking lot collapsed. She reports she heard a loud noise and ran outside, where she saw part of the parking lot had collapsed and that an unoccupied car had come down with it.

Officials are saying that while the collapse has closed the bridge, the bridge is still safe.

The cement from the parking lot and the car just plummeted on top of Howard Tire & Auto, Inc. on Cameron Street, Mazur said.

"The wall adjacent to the bridge was not stable and I was saying that all along that this was going to happen one day, and it had to be fixed," Howard Tire & Auto, Inc. owner Howard Henry said.

Road closures are in place -- Cameron Street between Berry Hill and Market is currently closed, along with the Mulberry Street Bridge.

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Road collapse on Highway 108

A section of the westbound lane of Highway 108, just before Knox Bridge Highway, has been repaired and reopened after the road collapsed this morning, according to the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office.

The road sunk and collapsed this morning around 5 a.m. leaving one lane of the highway shut down.

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Kenya police: 6-story residential building collapses in rain

Associated Press

April 29, 2016 Updated: April 29, 2016 7:45pm

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A six-story residential building in a low income area of the Kenyan capital collapsed Friday under heavy rain and flooding, trapping an unknown number of people in the rubble, Kenyan officials said.

A search-and-rescue team managed to pull three children and an adult out from the remains of the building in the Huruma area, the Kenya Red Cross said. It was not immediately clear whether there were fatalities.

The Red Cross said 150 building units and adjacent homes were affected.

Live TV footage showed the National Youth Service and firefighters removing stones by hand and a crowd cheering when a child was removed from the rubble.

Hours-long traffic jams caused by flooded roads delayed rescue teams trying to reach the scene, Japheth Koome, Nairobi's police chief, said. Kenya is in the midst of its April-May rainy season.

Because of a high demand for housing in Nairobi, some property developers bypass building regulations to cut costs and maximize profits. The Architectural Society of Kenya has estimated that 50 percent of structures in Nairobi are not up to code.

President Uhuru Kenyatta last year ordered an audit of all the buildings in the country to see if they are up to code after eight buildings collapsed, killing at least 15 people.

The report from the audit by the National Construction Authority found that 58 percent of buildings in the capital were unfit to live in. The majority of Nairobi's population live in low income areas or slums.

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North Melbourne wall collapse at Royal Park Hotel site

April 19, 2016 8:58pm

A mother pushing her pram has had a lucky escape after a wall collapsed in North Melbourne. Picture: Jason Edwards

A MOTHER pushing a pram had a near miss when a wall collapsed in North Melbourne this morning.

Demolition work on the Royal Park Hotel on the corner of Queensberry St and Howard St had been halted by a CFMEU safety team yesterday after the union discovered an asbestos check had not taken place.

The wall collapsed around 8.30am. Nobody was injured.

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Seven People Injured Following Scaffolding Collapse In Toronto

April 18, 2016 03:45 pm

Seven people, including a mother and baby, were transported to hospital Monday with non-life threatening injuries after scaffolding and part of a building collapsed at a construction site in Toronto’s Forest Hill neighbourhood, a Toronto Police spokesperson said.

The collapse happened around 2:30 p.m. near Bathurst and Eglinton Streets, said Toronto Police Const. Allyson Douglas-Cook. All of those injured were either close to or inside the construction site at the time, she said, adding that the baby, a six-month-old, and mother received minor injuries and are alright. None of the seven suffered life-threatening injuries, but three suffered serious injuries.

“The infant was in a stroller, and the stroller is all twisted and bent,” said Toronto Fire Division Commander Bob O’Halloran. “Fortunately, the infant’s not injured at all, so the stroller must have actually saved that baby.”

The building where the collapse occurred was in the process of being demolished to make way for a transit station for the Metrolinx Eglinton Crosstown line, which is still under construction. Ron Aitken, Project Director at Crosslinx, the consortium of companies contracted to design, build, and finance the line, told reporters at the scene that the only portion of the former two-storey Chinese restaurant standing at the time of the collapse was the building’s facade. Aitken refused to answer reporters’ repeated questions about how the facade was being held up.

Details about the incident remain limited, and it’s not yet known what led to the collapse. Metrolinx Chief Capital Officer John Jensen told reporters they were co-operating with the ongoing investigation, and repeatedly called the incident an “accident.” No Metrolinx employees were injured in the collapse, but it was unclear whether any contract workers handling the demolition were injured, said Metrolinx spokeswoman Anne Marie Aikins.

The Ministry of Labour has been called in and will lead the investigation into the collapse. A police canine unit was at the scene to help search for other possible victims.

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http://www.lettersfromthailand.com/ayutthaya-road-collapses.html

Ayutthaya road collapses

Apr 17, 2016 | Breaking News

www.bangkokpost.commediacontent20160417c1_936561_620x413-f98bbb0f55..." height="413" hspace="3" vspace="3" width="620" border="1"/> A road section along Khlong Phraya Bunlue canal in Ayutthaya’s Lat Bua Luang district collapses on Sunday. Authorities blamed drought that caused water in the canal to recede and made soil beneath the road subside.

AYUTTHAYA — Another section of the causeway along Khlong Phraya Bunlue canal suddenly collapsed on Sunday, creating a crack about two metres deep and more than 100 metres long.

Danai Ruangprat, head of village Moo 2 in tambon Singhanart, found a section of the eight-metre wide road collapsed on Sunday and reported it to district authorities. The collapsed section was declared off-limits to all vehicles.

Officials said the water level in the canal has receded due to severe drought and this has caused soil underneath the road to subside.

Local authorities on Sunday put up singposts to warn motorists about the collapse. The road was being repaired.

Several sections of the embankment road collapsed last year when drought hit the district.