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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Another 5-storey Bessoba building collapsing in Karaganda

Tuesday, 24.07.2012, 14:03

An unfinished multi-storey building in Bessoba residential complex in Karaganda has lurched to one side, Interfax-Kazakhstan reports.

“The building was tilting one one side from 12:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. on Monday; the crack has reached 18 cm. It will collapse today or tomorrow,” the locals told Interfax-Kazakhstan. A resident of one of the neighboring buildings Sergey Abayev told that the crack had reached 10-12 cm during that day. The building started lurching in the evening and the crack has now reached 18 cm.

“Nobody lives in this building. It’s construction is not completed. This is one of the last buildings constructed in Bessoba,” he said.

Head of Kazybekbiy region of Karaganda Zhanat Iskakov, management of the city’s emergency situations department and representatives of the state architectural-construction control department have arrived to the accident site.

The control markers installed on July 5 have moved apart. That confirms that the crack is widening. “Police officers and personnel of the emergency situations department have cordoned the building off. We have moved the cars away from the parking lots. Another danger in case of the building's collapse is that there is playground located only a few meters away from the building. Our kids play there in the evenings,” the residents of nearby buildings say.

Earlier Tengrinews.kz English reported that the results of investigation of reasons that caused the 5-storey building to collapse in Bessoba residential complex of Karaganda were unveiled on May 15. “Development of unacceptable foundation settlement caused by soil swelling” was tagged the main reason behind the collapse. 5-storey residential building No.7 of Bessoba residential complex, constructed 3 years ago as an equity construction project, collapsed in the morning of April 6.

A criminal case was initiated against the construction companies that erected the building No.7. Besides, a criminal case for abuse of powers was initiated against chairman and members of the state commission that accepted the building in exploitation after its construction.

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Woman, son die in Lucknow building collapse

WSN Staff Posted July 24, 2012

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Lucknow, July 24 (IANS) A 54-year-old woman and her son were killed in a building collapse following heavy downpour in the Uttar Pradesh capital, officials said Tuesday.

Rashmi Bala Srivastava and her 24-year-old son Nikhil were trapped for over four hours under the debris of a double-storey house in the Baba Ki Baghhiya area on the Faizabad Road here after it caved in late Monday.

A rescue operation was launched soon after by a team of police and fire department officials.

The mother-son duo was pulled out from the debris with the help of gas cutters and rushed to hospital where they were pronounced dead.

Bala and seven other families staying in the old and dilapidated building were fighting a legal battle with the landlord for not carrying out maintenance or repair works in the house for a long time, police said.

The woman, a state government employee, was staying along with her son on the ground floor of the building.

The Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) officials said that as many as 100 building in the state capital have been identified as “dangerously weak.”

Just before the onset of monsoon this year, residents living in weak structures were served eviction notice by the civic body, but like on many earier occasions they chose to ignore it, an LMC official said.

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2 dead, 7 injured in building collapse in E China

Updated: 2012-07-20 06:50

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HANGZHOU - Two people were killed and seven others were injured after a three-storey building collapsed at a construction site of a company in East China's Zhejiang province, local authorities said Friday.

Local authorities said earlier the accident occurred at around 8 pm Thursday in Changxing county. Their latest update on the accident revealed that quite a few workers were pouring concrete for the top of the building when the collapse happened.

An investigation is under way into the accident. Those who were injured are not in critical conditions, local authorities said.

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Last update 18/07/2012 09:00:00 AM (GMT+7)

Illegal gold mine collapses, 4 died, 7 injured in central Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge – While ten people were illegally seeking gold, the mine collapsed, burying all of them. The incident occurred in Tuong Duong district of the central province of Nghe An on July 17.

Local authorities said that in the morning of July 17, a group of ten local residents sifted for gold in a mine on the bank of a river in Nga My commune. The mine had collapsed in the afternoon of the day, burying all of them.

When local people discovered the accident, they could only rescue seven people, who were heavily injured. They were brought to the Tuong Duong district hospital.

Three others died since they were buried too deep. The dead victims include three men of 40, 22, and 18 years old from Thanh Chuong district, Nghe An province.

Local police said that the mine had collapsed because it was a vault. The local government also said that this is an illegal mining case.

In May 2011, an illegal gold mine collapsed, killing five people, also in Tuong Duong district.

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5 killed, 2 injured as church building collapses in Ibadan

• Ajimobi leads rescue mission

Scene of a collapsed building at Sagbe, Ojoo Area of Ibadan, where 5 people lost their lives on Thursday.

By: 

GBENGA ADESUYI, Ibadan

Date: 

Fri, 06/01/2012 - 00:24

Tragedy struck in Sagbe Aba-Alfa Ojoo of Ibadan, Oyo State on Wednesday as the new Covenant Church under construction collapsed, killing five people and injuring two. Among those that died were two women.

Daily Sun gathered, that about seven people were working at the site when the church  collapsedat about  8pm. The victims were said to be waiting for their foreman to pay them for the day, when the rain started.

It was during the rain that the building caved in, killing five. Four of the victims were said to have died on the spot while one was evacuated early yesterday morning. Two other victims of the collapsed church were said to have been trapped by iron rods. But they were rescued by sympathizers.

They were later rushed to Folawiyo Hospital, Moniya  where they were being treated. Those outside the church at the time of the collapse escaped with bruises. The early arrival of the men of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Oyo State Fire Service and men of the Nigeria Police Force as well as sympathizers combined to rescue those trapped in the debris of the collapsed building.  

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Homes Evacuated After Partial Building Collapse In Bay Ridge

July 16, 2012 12:30 PM

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A vacant building in Bay Ridge partially collapsed early Monday morning, forcing the evacuation of two adjacent buildings.

The two-story structure at 552 Ovington Avenue came down around 3:10 a.m., 1010 WINS’ Glenn Schuck reported.

“I thought I heard thunder, but it wasn’t thunder, something was like falling,” one neighbor said. “A fireman said, ‘You have to get out, we’re going to evacuate the building.’”

No injuries were reported.

About 15 people from neighboring homes were evacuated.

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Far South Side building collapses, one person rescued

July 16, 2012 11:26AM

One person was rescued and was said to be in good condition after a building he was working in collapsed Monday morning in the Far South Side West Pullman neighborhood.

Firefighters were called to the scene of a building collapse about 10:40 a.m. At 353 E. Kensington, and a still and box alarm was called, according to Fire Media Affairs Director Larry Langford.

A man was working on the second floor of the two-story masonry and frame building when the "walls kicked out the roof collapsed," Langford said.

He was unable to get out on his own and was rescued by firefighters and was being take to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn. Paramedics said he was in "very good shape," Langford said.

The building, which was commercial on the first floor and residential on the second, was undergoing rehabilitation at the time of the collapse, he said.

No other injuries were reported.

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Former bank building in Chouteau collapses

Updated: 10:18 am

Published: 4:45 am

Officials in Chouteau are trying to find out what caused a more than 100-year-old building to collapse late Wednesday night. 

Crews got to the scene of the old Chouteau bank around 11:00pm Wednesday and found the entire building had fallen down. Police say it looks as if the roof caved in and brought the rest of the structure down with it. Officials say it was built around 1906. 

Police say they are working to get surveillance footage from a nearby building to see exactly when and how the collapse happened. 

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Three dead, 10 injured in building collapse at village steel foundry

Global Times | 2012-7-13 0:20:06

Three workers died and 10 were injured when a building collapsed Wednesday in Chaoyang district. 

Five people were buried under debris after a two-storey auditorium at a steel foundry in Jinzhan village collapsed around 12:48 pm. Rescuers pulled two people out alive, but three died before rescuers could reach them, Chaoyang district government confirmed.

The auditorium, built in 1978, was undergoing maintenance work at the time. 

The rescue took nearly 12 hours, and did not finish until 1:06 am Thursday, according to Beijing Firefighting Bureau, the Legal Mirror reported. 

Ten injured workers were sent to Huaxin Hospital in Chaoyang district. Four are still hospitalized, suffering from head or internal injuries, the report said. 

A media  officer from the Chaoyang Administration of Work Safety said the cause of the collapse is under investigation.

"We've sent staff to the site to investigate, but we don't have a conclusion yet," she said.

The Global Times found that the site was guarded by several security guards who refused the reporter's request to enter. Debris from the collapse could be seen from the gate.

Scores of firemen and 11 fire trucks attended the incident, according to a spokesman from Chaoyang district government.

Several witnesses said they heard an extremely loud noise when the accident occurred.

"The shelves in my shop shook when it happened. I thought it might be an earthquake, but when I went out to see what happened, I was told a building collapsed with several people buried inside," said a shop owner, whose business is only 20 meters from the scene.

Villagers soon started to search and sift through the debris for the missing workers. Firefighters arrived shortly after, witnesses said.

"Many workers who'd been on a break took shovels and other tools to save the buried people," the shop owner said.

Another man, who was working at a nearby building site, claimed at least 20 people were buried by the collapse.

"Over 10 people had climbed out from the ruins when I arrived. Some of them sustained light injuries," he said.

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4 Jul 2012 10:35 AM EST

Brooklyn brownstone wall collapses

An exterior wall of a well-kept Brooklyn brownstone dating back to the 1860s crashed down to the sreet early Monday, but no one was injured.

“We heard this huge noise,” said tenant Marion Floc’h Barral, who was asleep on the top floor of 241 Carroll St. near Smith Street when the wall collapsed at 1:30 a.m., according to the New York Post.

“I was seeing the skies through the walls,” said Barral, who lives with her husband and three children in the three-family building.

Assistant Fire Chief James Leonard said the building’s age was the likely cause.

“The mortar between the brick just gets old and starts to fall apart,” he said.

The other two families who live in the building were not at home when the collapse happened.

The Buildings Department has ordered that the structure be demolished. The owners, Howard and Sisi Schneider, who live in the building, bought the house in July 2004 for $1.5 million and listed it as recently as 2008 for $3.5 million.