Collapsing Buildings and Roadways

[Starr DiGiacomo]

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

[Starr DiGiacomo]

https://www.wdio.com/news/retaining-wall-collapse-london-road-dulut...

Updated: March 10, 2020 10:44 PM

Retaining wall collapses outside London Road McDonald's 
The retaining wall outside the McDonald's on 21st Ave. E and London Rd. collapsed Tuesday.
It's not clear what caused it, but rubble could be seen below the restaurant off London Rd.
The Duluth Police Department responded to the wall's collapse.

Debris from the wall is now cleared off the street and sidewalk. McDonalds contacted the contractor who built the retaining wall.
A building official with the city of Duluth will evaluate the situation on Wednesday. Crews put up caution tape around the area Tuesday evening.
For the time being, the London Road entrance to McDonalds is closed, and some parking spots are blocked off.

[Juan F Martinez]

Chinese hotel ‘used as Covid-19 quarantine site’ COLLAPSES, trapping dozens under rubble (VIDEOS)  7 Mar, 2020 13:30 / Updated 6 minutes ago   

A hotel has collapsed in the southeastern Chinese city of Quanzhou, trapping dozens of people under rubble. The building was reportedly used as a quarantine site for the deadly Covid-19 coronavirus.

Footage from the scene showed the building reduced to rubble and emergency services searching the debris. So far, 23 people have reportedly been rescued.

The hotel building abruptly collapsed on Saturday evening. According to local media, at least 70 people have been trapped under the rubble.

https://www.rt.com/news/482570-chinese-hotel-collapse-coronavirus/

[Starr DiGiacomo]

https://ktul.com/news/local/bristow-building-collapse

Historic building collapses in downtown Bristow

Monday, February 24th 2020

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — Bristow police say a historic building collapsed near Route 66 and 6th Avenue on Sunday.
Officials say the building is a storage facility owned by a man who runs a biker rally.
No one is in danger and no businesses are affected by the collapse.

The chief said the building is just really old and fell apart.

[Tracie Crespo]

https://www.nj.com/essex/2020/02/building-collapse-in-east-orange-p...

Building collapse in East Orange prompts multi-town response

Today 8:01 PM

The entire center portion of a building in East Orange collapsed on Feb. 22, 2020.

By Blake Nelson | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com and Rebecca Panico | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

A five-story building that collapsed on Saturday in East Orange is being surveyed by first responders from multiple municipalities.

The entire center portion of the building at the corner of North Arlington Avenue and William Street collapsed. It was not immediately clear if there were any injuries.

The windows on the building that were not impacted by the collapse appeared to be boarded up. A sign above the structure from the company Jordan Baris Inc. said the building was “available.”

www.nj.com/essex_3__container__">A message left with the company was not immediately returned Saturday evening.

First responders from East Orange Hoboken, Newark, Jersey City, Paterson were on scene. Additional information was not immediately available.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

https://92newshd.tv/at-least-eight-killed-in-muzaffargarh-building-...

At least eight killed in Muzaffargarh building collapse

Feb 12 2020

MUZAFFARGARH (92 News) – At least eight people killed and seven injured after a three-storey residential building has collapsed situated in Muzaffargarh’s Qunwan Chowk area.
According to the details, several people are feared to be trapped under the debris while a rescue operation is underway to pull out the remaining affectees including women and children.
The dead bodies and injured persons including a child in critical condition were shifted to DHQ Hospital. Locals feared rise in casualties as at least three families were residing in the building.
Rescue sources said the building was in dilapidated condition which collapsed after the construction of a market adjacent to it. Several teams have rushed to the site and commenced a rescue operation.
Chief Minister Punjab Usman Buzdar expressed grief over loss of lives in the tragic incident and directed officials to provide best medical facilities to the injured.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/building-facade-collapses-at-chelse...

Building Facade Collapses at Posh Chelsea Brownstone

Feb 10 2020

Thankfully no one was hurt as the stone structure came crashing down Monday morning, but the collapse comes just 2 months after a piece of a Manhattan building’s facade collapsed and killed a woman in midtown. NBC New York’s Adam Kuperstein reports.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io5_reeTsYU&feature=emb_logo

[Juan F Martinez]

Massive water tower CRUMBLE in Indian village, leaving 15 communities without drinking water   23 Jan, 2020 02:11

https://www.rt.com/news/478943-india-water-tower-crumble/
An immense water tower serving over a dozen villages in India catastrophically gave way, instantly crumbling to pieces and releasing thousands of gallons of H2O. Those hoping for rain may have gotten more than they bargained for.

The moment of the sudden collapse was captured on film by a resident of Sarenga – a small community in the state of West Bengal – on Wednesday, as startled spectators looked on in shock.  Though constructed only four years ago, the foundation of the water tower appears to have given way under its own weight.

“We suspect that the soil loosened, resulting in the collapse of the tank. Investigations are going on and the exact cause will be found out,” an official of the Public Health Engineering Department told PTI, asking not to be named.

Fortunately, nobody was injured in the mishap, though it did leave some 15 villages without a supply of drinking water in lieu of the huge 700,000-liter tank. The construction company that originally built the tower is now expected to replace it, according to the terms of a five-year contract with the local government, the official said.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/residents-evacuated-after-part...

Residents Evacuated After Partial Building Collapse in Boston’s South End

Five residents were evacuated from adjacent buildings

January 2 2020

The Boston Fire Department has responded to a partial building collapse in the city's South End neighborhood where five residents have had to be evacuated.

Crews are on scene Wednesday night at 23 Upton Street, a 5-story brick building that was posted as unoccupied due to serious structural deficiencies, according to the fire department.

The rear fire escapes and part of the vacant building have come down, the fire department says.

Parts of the fire escape and debris can be seen hanging in the trees in Public Alley 701

[Starr DiGiacomo]

https://www.zemtv.com/2019/12/31/karachi-a-multi-story-residential-...

Karachi: A Multi-story residential building Collapsed

December 31, 2019

A 6-story residential building in Ranchor Lane, Karachi, collapsed but fortunately no casualties were reported.

The 6-storey building was tilted to one side at Ranchor Lane Somra street. Sindh Building Control Authority officials declared the building bad and evacuated residents from the premises. There were 25 flats in the building.

The Karachi Municipal Corporation Demolition Team incharge had reviewed the building and announced it would be demolished in 20 to 22 days.

Abdul Sajjad Khan, in-charge of the demolition team, said the demolition of building was approved 13 years ago.

He said that the pillars of the building burst from the bottom, DG has formed a three-member committee on the building, to check if there was any leakage.

According to police, the electricity and gas of the building was also disconnected while the area adjacent to the building was sealed to avoid any casualties.

A section of a muddy residential building had cracks in it, which caused the building to burst within hours.

Sources say that after the construction of the flat, a compilation plan and a NOC were obtained.

Residents in the area say that the building was also set on fire in the past, the building was affected by the fire and was renovated a year ago.

A resident of the building said that strange sounds started coming out of the building at dawn, when we felt danger, we came out and saw cracks in the building’s pillars, which were immediately emptied.

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has sought reports of the incident from Commissioner Karachi and SB officials.