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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Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on January 4, 2015 at 11:38pm: http://www.wrexham.com/news/town-centre-building-collapses-road-512...

Three Story Town Centre Building Collapses Into Road

Published: Sunday, Jan 4th, 2015

A building has collapsed with an ‘almighty bang’ causing debris to spill over the pavement, road and destroying a street light.

UPDATE: North Wales Police have since released a statement, saying: “Pen-y-Bryn Road at Wrexham will be closed until at least Monday morning (5th of January), between Tenters Square and Chapel Street due to structural damage. We apologise for any inconvenience and thank the public for their patience.”

It is believed the building was due to be demolished next week, however work on taking down the remainder of the building has started. Story continues............

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on January 4, 2015 at 5:59am

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6 construction workers killed as roof collapses in Hunan Province

English.news.cn 2015-01-04 11:06:02

BEIJING, Jan. 4 (Xinhuanet) -- China suffered another deadly building collapse on Friday, this time in central Hunan Province. 6 construction workers are dead , after a roof caved in at a construction site in the city of Chenzhou.

The workers were building a machine repair room when the roof came down, 11 were trapped under the debris, 5 were later rescued. Heavy machinery and materials at the site added to the difficulties for rescue workers. The 5 rescued men are now in hospital undergoing treatment. An investigation into the collapse is underway.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on December 31, 2014 at 6:19am: http://www.rt.com/usa/218847-chicago-salt-spill-collapse/

Salt factory wall collapses, spill brings bad luck on car dealership (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Published time: December 31, 2014 03:01
Edited time: December 31, 2014 03:54

A partially collapsed wall at the Morton Salt facility gave way to tons of salt being dumped onto parked cars at an adjacent car dealership in Chicago, Illinois, December 30, 2014. (Reuters / Andrew Nelles)

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Several cars parked outside a car dealership in Chicago have been buried under tons of salt after a wall of an overfilled salt factory next door collapsed. As unlucky it is to spill salt, no one was injured in the incident.

The Morton Salt plant in Chicago is known for its signature rooftop sign, "When it Rains it Pours," and for its logo which features a hand-drawn girl with an umbrella scattering salt from a container. It was developed to show Morton salt was free flowing even in rainy weather. On Tuesday morning the weight of the free flowing salt forced a wall down on several cars at an Acura car dealership. There were no injuries

The general manager at the Acura car dealership said they were calling customers to tell them their cars were buried underneath road salt.

"Most of them are kind of surprised when we say we will send you pictures and that you can see it on the news tonight," General Manager Noble Jones told DNAinfo.

ones said Morton’s had reached out to them and said they will inspect the building and work with the dealership to clean the spill.

The Chicago Department of Buildings Director of Public Affairs said in a released statement "a preliminary inspection determined that salt inside the building structure was piled too high causing the exterior wall to fail."

Morton Salt produces table and specialty salts and ice melters for road/highway use. It is North America’s leading producer and marketer of salt, according to the company’s website.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on December 28, 2014 at 5:21am: http://www.wlwt.com/news/building-at-west-court-elm-streets-partial...

Building at West Court, Elm streets partially collapses

First repsonders: Building was vacant at time of collapse

UPDATED 11:10 PM EST Dec 27, 2014

CINCINNATI —A building in downtown Cincinnati was reduced to a pile of rubble after it partially collapsed at about 9:30 p.m. Saturday.

Authorities said the building is in the 100 block of West Court Street near Elm Street.

First responders said the building was vacant and that is was an old warehouse.

Firefighters said there is no word yet on injuries.

Neighboring buildings were evacuated as a precaution, officers said.

Some cars parked the street in the area were damaged in the collapse, according to authorities.

The cause of the collapse is under investigation, police said.

West Court Street between Race and Elm streets is closed due to the building collapse.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on December 24, 2014 at 6:59pm

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Two trapped in rubble as yet another collapse hits LRT line

Published: December 24, 2014 07:43 PMUPDATED: December 24, 2014 10:35 pm

Firemen attempt to locate trapped workers after the collapse at Putra Heights LRT station, December 24, 2014. — Fire and Rescue Department pic

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 24 — Two workers remain trapped under the rubble in the latest collapse to hit LRT extension project, according to rescuers, after it was earlier feared as many as four were caught in the incident near Putra Heights in Subang.

Selangor Fire and Rescue Department assistant director of operation Harul said a K-9 unit is currently aiding rescuers in locating the two workers.

“When we reached earlier, there were about eight people were working where the concrete had fallen,” he told reporters outside the construction site.

He added that four escaped with light injuries while two others were unhurt. All six, believed to be migrant workers from Bangladesh, have been sent to hospitals for treatment.

“Now we believe still two more victims are still trapped under the rubble and we have moved the STORM unit from Shah Alam and the Subang Jaya and Puhong Fire and Rescue Department to assist with rescue works,” he said.

STORM is the department’s Special Tactical Operation Rescue unit.

Mohd Sani added, however, that the victims’ conditions were currently unknown.

According to the Fire and Rescue Department earlier, the mishap occurred at 4.29pm today during a concrete pour for the train depot at Kuala Sungai Baru.

The department earlier said that three victims were trapped in the collapse, but Prasarana Bhd, the operator of the LRT line, later issued a statement saying that four people were thought to be stuck under the rubble.

IN THE GALLERY

A fireman and his dog rush to search the site for signs of life, December 24, 2014. — Fire and Rescue Department pic
A site view of the Putra Heights LRT station after a concrete pouring led to a floor collapsing, December 24, 2014. — Fire and Rescue Department pic

Prasarana also said the accident took place when the formwork and scaffolding collapsed during the concreting of the deck slab for the train depot.

Today’s collapse is the latest to hit the LRT Line Extension Project (LEP) that has an eventful history, with several cases of falling structures including one fatal incident.

Last March last year, a man was killed when a 10-tonne piece of construction equipment fell from a crane used for the LRT extension and crushed his car along Jalan Lapangan Terbang Subang.

In June this year, two people were hurt when a metal beam fell from a crane and onto their vehicle.

Construction of the Putra Heights terminal began in 2011 as a part of the LEP, which involves additions to the existing Ampang and Kelana Jaya LRT network.

The Sri Petaling and Kelana Jaya stations are expected to be extended to Putra Heights, which will be featured as “an integrated station” where the two lines meet.

According Prasarana, the extension to the Ampang line - which passes through residential and commercial areas in Bukit Jalil, Bandar Kinrara, Puchong, Kampung Sri Aman and

Putra Heights - will be extended for 18.1 kilometres.

Meanwhile, the Kelana Jaya line will stretch to cover another 17.4km passing through Lembah Subang, Subang Jaya, USJ and Putra Heights.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on December 17, 2014 at 6:19pm: http://westchester.news12.com/news/investigation-launched-into-tapp...

Investigation launched into silo collapse

December 17, 2014 8:34 AM

TARRYTOWN - New safety concerns are surfacing about the new Tappan Zee Bridge after a piece of equipment collapsed and brought construction to halt.

Three silos toppled like dominos on one of two floating concrete plant barges at the construction site yesterday. The silos, big tube-like structures, hold the raw materials that make up cement.

A spokesperson for Tappan Zee Constructors, the group that is building the new $3.9 billion bridge, says a failure in the one concrete storage silo tipped and caused two other silos on the barge to bend and collapse as well. Concrete pumping has been suspended at both plants.

Tappan Zee Constructors sent out a written statement that reads in part, "All workers are safe and representatives from the New York Department of Environmental Conservation and engineers from TZC and the New York State Thruway Authority are on the scene assessing the situation. Safety and environmental stewardship are our top priorities as we continue to investigate this incident."

According to the Department of Environmental Conservation, no cement spilled into the river.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on December 17, 2014 at 6:00pm: http://www.kristv.com/news/5-story-building-collapses-without-warni...

5-Story Building Collapses Without Warning In Kenya

KENYA - Rescuers in Kenya are working frantically to save some people trapped after a five-story building collapsed.

The Kenyan Red Cross said at least seven people have been rescued from underneath all that rubble.

No word on how many are trapped or injured.

The Kenyan government said right now they aren't sure what caused the building to just collapse, but they will be investigating

Video link in article.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on December 16, 2014 at 1:28am: http://www.vocm.com/newsarticle.asp?mn=2&id=51419&popular=1

Narrow Escape for Burgeo Man after Highway Collapse
Monday , December 15 2014 | 1:59:49 PM

A highway worker from Burgeo was airlifted to hospital after being injured on the job when the highway collapsed around him.

The man was driving the Burgeo Highway early yesterday morning when the road collapsed beneath him. Area residents say the man crawled through his truck window to get back up onto the highway until he was found by another driver.

The 47-year-old was medevaced out of the area by a Cormorant some 12 hours after the accident. The road remains closed in the Tilt Brook area.

The washout has cut the town of Burgeo off, and according to town councillor Rick Blagdon says it could be a couple of days before there's a fix.

He says the town is entirely cut off which means people can't get to medical appointments, no mail will be delivered, and no groceries will be able to get in. Blagdon says if the province decides to put in a bailey bridge, then it will take two to three days to connect.

Blagdon says it's unclear if heavy rains or an aging culvert are to blame for the washout but he says it's just the latest in a series of problems with the road, with three washouts in the last year alone.

Blagdon says something more long-term needs to be done, because it's not normal to have someone driving and then the road collapse.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on December 11, 2014 at 11:23pm: http://wwlp.com/2014/12/11/partial-building-collapse-at-essex-house...

Side of Essex House in Holyoke collapsed; city block evacuated

No injuries reported in collapse, section of High Street is closed

December 11, 2014, 12:01 pm Updated: December 11, 2014, 5:04 pm

HOLYOKE, Mass. (WWLP) – An entire city block in downtown Holyoke has been evacuated, due to the collapse of a multi-story section of the former Essex House hotel.

Holyoke Fire Capt. Anthony Cerruti told 22News that they received word of the collapse at the 400 High Street hotel at around 11:45 Thursday afternoon. No one was injured, but several stories on the north side of the building came down, and a large hole along the side of the building is clearly visible. Bricks from the building tumbled down to the ground and on top of a nearby building.

Cerruti said the Essex House has been deteriorating for a long time, and that there were plans in the works to knock it down. The structure was even the subject of a protest by local residents back in September, who said that it was a public hazard.

Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse told 22News that he has been advocating to get the building demolished, but that some members of the City Council had underestimated the risk of collapse.

“We had city councilors throughout this entire process discount the word of experts; the building department, the fire department, who said this would happen. It’s happened. Instead, they chose to say it wouldn’t happen and hadn’t happened in years; ‘what makes you think it’s going to happen now?’ And my job is to trust the experts. That’s what I did, that’s what the experts said happened,” Morse said.

A contractor had been hired to demolish the building in the next couple of days.

Jose Bou, the owner of the nearby Salsarengue Restaurant, said that he expected that this collapse would happen, but it was still a frightening experience.

“We heard the building shaking, we felt it, and the first time it wasn’t that loud, but the second time, it was really extremely loud and very hard. So we came out and we saw the building collapse,” Bou said.

Cerruti said that all of the buildings on the block (from Essex St. to Appleton St.) have had their utilities shut off, and that section of High Street will likely remain closed until the Essex House is demolished.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on December 10, 2014 at 12:29am

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Building collapses, kills four

ByKIPKEMEI MARITIM09 December - 23:26

Building collapsed in Kuresoi, kiling four and scores of others injured. [Photo: Google images]

Four people died on Tuesday afternoon and more than 12 others injured after two storied building collapsed at Kuresoi town as workers inside it used a generator painting machine to paint the walls.

Kuresoi police boss Francis Katau said the collapse may have been occasioned by poor construction planning but was quick to note that they were yet to find out the actual cause which made the building to collapse.

Police said the victims were hit by flying materials after the wall crashed onto the streets before the injured victims were pulled from debris and taken to hospital.

“We have called house construction experts to check on what may have caused the building to collapse,” said a police officer.

Witnesses said they heard a loud bang before the wall came down in the afternoon while workers were inside.

“Police officers dispersed crowds to facilitate the rescue of victims by using a crane, where the dead bodies were recovered while 12 others sustained major injuries and were rushed to Molo sub-county hospital,” said a witness.