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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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21973907

Tanzania: Dar es Salaam building collapse 'traps dozens'

Some people in the rubble have reportedly been calling for help

At least three people have been killed and dozens more are trapped after a multi-storey building collapsed in the centre of the main Tanzanian city, Dar es Salaam, rescue workers say.

Thirteen people have been pulled out of the ruins alive, officials say.

Some 45 people, including construction workers, residents and children from a Koranic school, are missing.

The BBC's Hassan Mhelela says the 12-floor building under construction is now a "huge pile of chaos".

"I thought there was an earthquake and then I heard screaming. The whole building fell on itself," eyewitness Musa Mohamed told the AFP news agency.

Our reporter says a huge crane is pulling out a mass of iron bars to get access to the centre of the building, where some people are thought to be still alive.

Trapped victims are said to have been making phone calls to friends and relatives.

Bulldozers are also being used to move the rubble, our reporter says.

He says there are large crowds of onlookers, as well as rescue workers and armed police officers at the scene.

The collapsed building was near a mosque, as well as other residential and commercial properties in central Dar es Salaam.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-21913058

23 March 2013 Last updated at 15:18 ET

Sheffield city centre building collapse prompts rescues

Police and fire crews attended the scene in Brook Hill

Four people have been rescued after a three-storey building collapsed in Sheffield city centre.

The mid-terrace building, in Brook Hill, came down at about 14:30 GMT.

South Yorkshire Fire Service confirmed that after the four were rescued, no-one else was found in the rubble.

"A middle section of a row of shops, with flats above, has completely collapsed," a spokesman said. No-one is thought to have suffered any serious injuries.

There was no explosion or fire at the scene, the fire service said.

Empty restaurant destroyed

"We had crews on scene very quickly and they were faced with a huge hole in the middle of the three-storey terraced building," said incident commander Stuart Nicholson.

"The first and second floors had collapsed onto the ground floor."

A man and a woman, understood to have been living in one of the flats, were taken to Northern General Hospital. Their injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.

The other two casualties did not need hospital treatment; fire service believes they are workmen who were working on the property at the time of the collapse.

A ground floor restaurant that was destroyed in the collapse was no longer in use.

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http://newindianexpress.com/cities/bangalore/article1507745.ece

Building collapses, BBMP blamed

By Express News Service - BANGALORE

19th March 2013 08:19 AM

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  The building which collapsed when the BBMP authorities were repairing a storm water drain in Okalipuram on Monday | Nagaraja Gadekal

A two-storey building in Okalipuram collapsed on Monday when Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) authorities were carrying out repair on a storm water drain adjacent to it. However, no casualties were reported.

According to sources, the BBMP authorities were repairing a drain with the help of an excavator on Monday morning, when a major crack developed on the walls of the building. Immediately, the occupants of the building ran out to safety. At around 10 am, area councillor T Mallesh visited the spot when the building came down.

Srinivas, owner of the building, told Express that the renovated building had been leased out to three families. “We got a call in the morning. Our tenants noticed that the building was shaking in the night. They moved out with a few utensils and clothes,” he said.

Saraswathi, a tenant said, “We noticed cracks on the walls and thought it was due to an earthquake. We rushed outside and stayed in our neighbour’s house.”

About seven months ago, a building in the vicinity had collapsed. Owner of the building, Swamy Kannan, blamed it on the BBMP authorities who were repairing a storm water drain close by. “The repair works made the foundation of our building weak. We lodged a complaint with police and brought it to the notice of the BBMP officers. But nothing changed,” he said.

Officials allege encroachment

BBMP chief engineer (storm water drain ) H C Ananthaswamy said that it could be a case of encroachment. “This storm water drain was constructed 50 years ago. The walls of the drain were weak and we were reconstructing it. We had issued notices to the surrounding houses. They did not vacate,” he said.

He added that in many parts of the city, people had constructed houses next to storm water drains by encroaching on them.

However, Srinivas, owner of the house, said, “I used to stay at Swatantrapalya. But the Corporation wanted to construct a public toilet and I was told to vacate. Later, the Corporation allotted this land (to me) in 1973 and I have all the documents.”

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http://www.jpost.com/NationalNews/Article.aspx?id=306287

Tel Aviv building collapses, likely due to old age

03/13/2013 16:18

Resident of three-story building says he felt shock wave as structure crumbled; police don't believe anyone trapped inside.

 

                A three-story building in central Tel Aviv partially collapsed on Wednesday afternoon, with an entire half of the building lying in rubble in the courtyard below.
By late-afternoon IDF search and rescue teams were on the scene with trained dogs searching for survivors, but police said they don't believe that anyone is trapped inside the rubble.
Tel Aviv police added that they believe the collapse occurred because the preserved building was over 60 years old, and was not the result of a gas explosion as had been previously reported.
Guy Dallal, who lives in the building with his wife, says he was at home when the collapse happened, in his apartment on the other side of the building. He said he felt a shock wave of some sort and left the building, without injury.
Another resident, Sigal, was in her apartment and said she felt the building shaking, at which point she left the building, shortly before her apartment collapsed.
A bulldozer was on the scene around 4pm, working to take down the rest of the building while residents gave testimony to tax authorities.

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http://www.wtov9.com/news/news/local/building-east-liverpool-collap...

Saturday, March 9, 2013

Building in East Liverpool Collapses

Dresden Avenue was blocked off this evening after the top four stories of building collapsed around 5 p.m.

Most of the damage was on the inside of the building. The top four floors collapsed but some of the  front-wall bricks were still lying on the sidewalk as well. 

East Liverpool Assistant Chief Jeffrey Kreefer said that people were in the two businesses located next door, but the collapse did not affect either of those buildings, and no injuries were reported. 

The street will be blocked off the remainder of this evening, as well as tomorrow. 

The cause was most likely due to old age and poor maintenance. 

The city will order an emergency  demo

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http://www.nola.com/traffic/index.ssf/2013/03/building_collapses_on...

Restaurant crushed by falling wall

Tuesday, March 05, 2013 12:39 PM

Part of a building that houses a Central Business District restaurant collapsed early Tuesday morning, a spokesman for the New Orleans Fire Department said. According to the spokesman, the four-story building, which houses Singha Thai Cafe at 413 Carondelet Street, collapsed about 2:10 a.m. Tuesday.

The New Orleans Fire Department responded to the collapse and said there were no injuries reported. The cause of the collapse is still unknown, the spokesman said, adding that there was no fire underway at the time.

The investigation has been turned over to the city buildings inspector, the spokesman said.

Calls made to the restaurant or its owner were not immediately answered. Check back with NOLA.com for updates on this story.

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http://www.adnkronos.com/IGN/Aki/English/Security/Italy-Apartment-b...

Italy: Apartment building collapses near Naples seafront

last update: March 04, 14:24

Naples, 4 March (AKI) - Part of a three-storey apartment block collapsed on Monday in the southern coastal city of Naples, damaging a parked bus and a police car but there were no initial reports of casualties.

Creaking sounds were reportedly heard shortly before the period building's collapse and those inside at the time apparently managed to flee.

"I saw the building come down and there wasn't much time to escape. I was in the street at the time and saw about 10 people rushing outside, screaming," a local resident was quoted as saying.

"The fire brigade was shouting 'get out, get out'," said another resident in the downtown Riviera di Chiaia district near the seafront, where the apartment building is located.

Rescue teams were reported to be combing through the rubble as a precaution and a 37-year-old woman who was showering in her apartment at the time of the collapse was taken to hospital in her bathrobe in a state of shock.

The bus had no passengers inside when the building collapsed and the police car was also empty at the time.

Nearby schools were evacuated in Riviera di Chiaia and the area was reported to be without water after the building's collapse.

Local officials were reported to be surveying the building, where residents had repeatedly reported leaking water dripping from walls and ceilings and cracks that had appeared on walls on the first and top floors.

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http://www.nst.com.my/latest/1-killed-in-building-collapse-in-egypt...

CAIRO: Egypt’s official news agency says a residential building has collapsed in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, killing one person and injuring four.

 

MENA said Sunday that the building was in the densely populated Moharam Bey neighborhood and that it likely collapsed because of the construction of an apartment building next door.  

 

It is the second deadly building collapse in Alexandria in as many months. At least 25 people were killed on Jan. 16 when an eight-story apartment building collapsed.  

 

Violations of building specifications are rampant in Egypt and are blamed for the frequent collapse of buildings

http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2013/02/17/one-dead-few-injured-in-bu...

A three-storey building collapsed in Alexandria early on Sunday leading to one dead and four injured.

The building, located west of Alexandria in Moharram Bek, collapsed at dawn.

The Civil Defence Forces managed to recover a body from under the rubble, while four people were injured in the collapse.

Alexandria Governor Mohamed Abbas Atta has announced the end of the rescue operations and added that families of the dead will receive EGP 10,000 and the injured EGP 5,000.

He added that a restoration order was issued for the collapsed building but it was not implemented, reported state-owned news agency MENA.

Minister of Defence Abdul Fatah Al-Sisi ordered ambulances, fire engines and search and rescue groups to the place of the accident.

Prime Minister Hesham Qandil contacted Governor Abbas Atta and demanded an urgent report on the reasons for the collapse, state television reported.

Qandil also inquired about the inspection campaign he had ordered earlier to assess the status of different buildings and remove ramshackle structures.

This follows a series of illegal buildings collapsing in Alexandria; in July 2012 a building collapsed in Gomrok claiming 20 lives, while in the same week a mother and her two daughters died under the rubble of their home in.... In January another building collapsed in Maamoura leaving 24 dead and eight injured.

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http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/junagadh-2-killed-6-hurt-in...

Junagadh: 2 killed, 6 hurt in building collapse

Express news service

Posted: Feb 11, 2013 at 0425 hrs IST

Ahmedabad Two labourers died and six others were injured when a portion of a nine-storey newly constructed building collapsed on Sunday morning in Junagadh city. The incident took place in Rayjinagar area of the city around 5.30 am when the labourers were sleeping in the basement parking of Monarch 2 apartments.

According to emergency services officials, the bodies were stuck almost 20 feet under the debris and that other six workers were rescued after a two-hour long operation. All workers belong to Bihar.

One of the injured reportedly told police that they did not feel any vibration or movement before a wing of the building came crashing down.

Municipal commissioner Dilip Rana has assured proper medical aid to the injured. “The building is still under construction and only labourers had occupied it,” he said, adding that all the injured are “out of danger”.

Emphasising that the role of the builder would be investigated, Rana said building material samples have been sent for testing.

Builder Vipul Kotecha, meanwhile, claimed that all the safety measures were followed in the construction and that he smelt a conspiracy in the incident. “Out of four wings, only one collapsed. This doesn’t happen due to poor construction or faulty planning. Had the construction been of bad quality, all the wings would have collapsed. We have reported this to the mayor and we want senior PWD (Public Works Department) officials to probe the case,” he said.

While PWD and Mahanagaparplika officials, who visited the spot, are expected to probe the incident, the local police have filed a case of accidental death and investigations are on.

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http://www.branfordseven.com/news/local/article_10a5871c-73d6-11e2-...

Former Meineke Building Collapse, Branford, Connecticut

Sunday Feb 10 2013

The former Meineke building, located at 845 West Main Street, suffered a total collapse Sunday afternoon. the building was vacant, and no one was hurt, according to the Branford Fire Department.