Collapsing Buildings and Roadways

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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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One killed, five injured in tree collapse in Bangalore Published: Sunday, Feb 5, 2012, 10:13 IST

One person was killed and five injured when a 200-year-old tree came down crashing on them in Nagashettyhalli, near Sanjaynagar, on Saturday afternoon. The tree fell on Nagashettyhalli Main Road at 3.15pm. The deceased, Ravi Kumar, was a resident of Nagashettyhalli. He was going towards Sanjaynagar on his motorcycle when the tree collapsed on him. A car, two autorickshaws and two motorcycles were also stuck under the tree. Ravi was unlucky as the tree collapsed bang on him. Auto driver Govardhan, whose auto was crushed, sustained fractures. Manjunatha, driver of the second damaged auto, said he would have lost his life had it not been for a few moments’ delay. Sujathamma, a flower vendor, too sustained injuries. Mune Gowda, who works with HP gas agency and was one of those who lent a helping hand, said he noticed that the priest of Muneshwaraswamy temple, Ravi, was in a car crushed under the tree. He said he broke the car’s window and pulled out Ravi with the help of others. Two persons who were seriously injured were rushed to MS Ramaiah Hospital in a police jeep as the ambulance got delayed by more than 15 minutes. Along with police, firemen rushed to the spot for rescue work. About 50 persons, including policemen, firemen, Bescom employees and the local people, got down to cutting tree and clearing the road. The road was cleared for motorists only by 6.30pm. Till then, traffic was thrown out of gear in the area. The body of the deceased was taken to MS Ramaiah Hospital for postmortem. The local corporator, Venkatesh, rushed to the spot. He said proper compensation would be given to the deceased and the injured.

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Roof Collapses at Midtown Warehouse; No Injuries

Feb 3, 2012

http://www.ktuu.com/news/roof-collapses-at-midtown-warehouse-no-inj...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska—

A roof collapse at a Midtown warehouse Friday morning caused no injuries to any of the five people in the building, according to the Anchorage Fire Department.

AFD spokesperson Al Tamagni Jr. says 13 units responded to the Southcentral Foundation warehouse at 4973 Eagle St. just before 10:30 a.m.

One of the people inside the warehouse heard the roof shake and warned people to clear the rear of the building, where the collapse occurred moments later. The force of the collapse blew out window at the front of the building.

One person was in the vicinity of the collapse when it happened, but everyone got out safely and has been accounted for.

Natural gas, power and water to the building were shut off, and fire inspectors examined the scene before the building was handed over to the owners Friday afternoon. Tamagni says no cause for the collapse has formally been determined.

While Southcentral Alaska was under heavy snowfall Friday, earlier this month city officials said there was no immediate concern about snow-induced roof collapses in the Anchorage Bowl due to requirements in building codes.

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http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2012/feb/02/gorst-building-suddenly-b...

Gorst building suddenly begins to sink

GORST — The floor of a building supply company in Gorst suddenly sank 2 feet Thursday, throwing wood products into jumbled piles.

Rod Blake, owner of Beyond the Studs Building Supply on the 4100 block of Highway 16, told South Kitsap Fire and Rescue officials he was in the adjacent office when he heard the collapse in the showroom around 7 p.m.

Blake, who has been at the location for 13 years, said he's been having problems with flooding around the building since the city of Bremerton installed a sewer line through Gorst in 2010.

Fire officials cordoned off the area around the building and monitored its continued movement. Although the concrete foundation appeared intact, Battalion Chief Job Gudmundsen said he watched over a two-hour period and observed letters on a neon sign in a window above the showroom floor lowering at the rate of about 2 inches an hour.

Ceiling panels inside the building were buckling, and there was concern the roof would collapse.

Puget Sound Energy turned off the power. A convenience store and gas station whose building is attached to the sinking building appeared unharmed.

Jeff Rowe, Kitsap County's building inspector, initially suspected a water or sewer main leak but on speaking with Bremerton public works officials, he found there was no leak indicated in the city's telemetry equipment to support his theory.

"I'll know better if it's an imminent hazard as I continue to monitor it," said Rowe, who planned to stay on the site until he was sure the building had settled.

Kitsap County Fire Marshal officials also responded. Investigation of the building will continue in daylight. But for now, said Rowe, the cause of the sinking remains a mystery.

Read more: http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2012/feb/02/gorst-building-suddenly-b...

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Updated: 12:00 PM

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Collapse of 19th-century sewer closes Portland street

PORTLAND — City workers are replacing 250 feet of antique sewer line after a section of Munjoy Street collapsed this morning.

A two- by four-foot hole, 12 feet deep, opened up in the street, between Moody and Wilson streets, after a city truck rolled over it while sanding the street, a city spokeswoman said.

The 18-inch diameter cement pipe was installed in 1860, said Nicole Clegg. It's unclear how long the line has been broken, but over time it eroded the road base leading to this morning's collapse.

Crews have installed a pump bypass so they can work to replace the section of line. The road will be closed until repairs are complete, which may not be until Friday, Clegg said.

Also this morning, Portland Water District crews are responding to a broken water line on Devonshire Street between Deering Avenue and Noyes Street. A leak in a 16-inch water main requires repairs, which could take until 7 p.m. tonight, said Michelle Clements, a spokeswoman for the district.

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Thursday, 2 February 2012

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Worker dies after building collapse

A 27 year old man has died after a building collapsed on him while he was digging a trench at a building site in Macassar.

When ER24 paramedics arrived at the scene they could see that the incident was severe. The entire building structure had collapsed to its one side into the trench the worker was digging.

Rescue workers used equipment to lift the building structure so that Emergency Medical Personnel could get to the worker. Unfortunately the worker sustained various crushing injuries and was later declared dead at the scene.

The appropriate authority will be investigating the incident further.

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Another Building Collapses in Centro Havana

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February 2, 2012

The building in question is located on the centrally located street of Zanja, between Aramburu and Castillejo streets

HAVANA TIMES, Feb 2 — Another occupied building has collapsed in Havana, this time only partially and with no fatalities, but in the same district of Centro Havana.

This latest cave-in occurred this past Tuesday (January 31), only two weeks in the wake of a shocking and lethal collapse of a nearby building on Infanta Avenue.

The building in question is located on the centrally located street of Zanja, between Aramburu and Castillejo streets, just four blocks from the other occupied property that crumbed on the corner of Infanta and Salud. In that previous tragedy, three people died and six were injured.

Fortunately, this time there were not even injuries, let alone fatalities. One young resident of the building explained to me that the entire bottom portion of the building gave way, destroying several of the rooms.

What’s more, the implosion didn’t occur at once, but gradually, as rooms were demolished one by one. According to statements from neighbors, today the building’s residents decided to move their furniture out into the street, both out of fear that the roof would fall on them and to demonstrate their demand for a solution to this hazardous predicament.

The government sent a truck with pine beams to shore up the units, but residents remain seated on the sidewalk across the street, waiting for a real solution to this serious dilemma involving their homes.

Some of them have already been assigned to public shelters and could be seen loading their belongings into trucks.

Other residents, though, have refused to move into the ill-famed public shelters; they are waiting for a better option from the state. Although they have limited options for the moment, they know that stays in government shelters go on for many years before relocated residents have an opportunity to move into an apartment.

It goes without saying that generally the housing stock in Havana is in very poor condition. Being a 500-year-old city that is the victim of a blockade, the world economic crisis and the indolence of public and private owners, little else could be expected.

The Infanta collapse took place on January 17 and cleanup crews are still working at the site, where those workers have yet to finish demolishing the residual structure or remove all the debris. Meanwhile the block remains closed to traffic as iron barriers have been set up around it and a handful of policemen assigned to the site (though we found them dozing under a portico to escape the midday sun).

When the annual rains come in May, it’s possible that events like these could be repeated as the city’s housing crisis deepens.

From what has been announced, the new formula designed by the government to provide home improvement loans and grants doesn’t allow for major structural work, which is what is required for many of the

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A labourer killed, four injured in marriage hall building collapse

 http://www.thenews.com.pk/article-33673-A-labourer-die-in-building-...

Updated 5 hours ago

 

SIALKOT: One labourer was killed and four others sustained serious injuries in collapse of the outer walls and pillars during the digging of basement of a marriage hall in Sialkot city's congested Naikapura locality here on Thursday.

According to the Rescue 112 Sialkot officials, as many as five labourers were busy in digging the basement of an under construction marriage hall, where some pillars and outer walls suddenly collapsed on the labourers with big bang.

The rescuers of Rescue 1122 Sialkot rushed to the spot and cordoned off the area, pulling out the labourers from the debris. During this a labourer Rescue Bakhat Muneer died on the spot, while four other labourers Gul Khan, Sakhi Buhadar , Ehsan Ullah and Muhammad Nabi where shifted to Government Allama Iqbal Memorial DHQ Hospital Sialkot in critical condition. The deceased and injured labourers belonged to Swat. Naikapura police are investigating with no arrest.

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Crane collapses on Hollywood street

No collateral damage or injuries

9:23 p.m. EST, February 1, 2012

HOLLYWOOD—

A construction crane collapsed in Hollywood on Wednesday but there were no injuries and no damage to surrounding buildings or vehicles, according to Hollywood Police.

It happened around 6:30 p.m. when the crane jack-knifed and the end of the boom landed right in the middle of South 17th Avenue, just a few feet from a recently renovated two story residential building.

Neighbor Paul Cicciari was riding his bicycle in the area on Tuesday night and sensed something was wrong.

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"It was squeaking so much that it concerned me," he said. "I moved back out of range of this sucker."

Hollywood Fire Rescue cordoned off the area between Harrison and Van Buren Streets until the crane could be repaired and removed.

The cause of the crane collapse, estimated at 300 feet, was not immediately known, Police Lt. Diana Pereira said.

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Students vacate building over fears of collapse

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Several university students were left without shelter after they voluntarily vacated a six storey building over claims it was collapsing in Nairobi’s Kahawa Wendani area.

The building is still under construction but there are about 500 students from Kenyatta University who have already occupied the completed rooms.

Their move came after cracks emerged on some of the floors of the building since Wednesday morning sparking fears of its collapse.

Come Thursday, the students started to vacate the house saying they feared it would collapse. Some vacated while throwing their household goods off the upper floors in a drama that attracted huge crowds.

No official from the council was available to confirm the fears of the occupants. The students threatened to stage a protest in the area if the landlady of the building did not refund their rent and deposit.

"We have not been to class today because of this problem. As you can see, the building may collapse anytime from now and what we want is a refund of the money we had paid as our rent,"shouted one student amid applause from others present.

Apart from the students, there are other tenants occupying the houses.

Police were later called to the scene following fears thieves were taking advantage of the situation to steal part of the valuables that had been littered.

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UPDATE: Former Civil War hospital partially collapses in Lynchburg

http://www2.neweraprogress.com/news/2012/feb/01/building-collapse-r...

UPDATE: 5:20 p.m.

A four-story building once used as a Civil War hospital is set to be demolished after a partial collapse earlier this week.

A wall of the 612 Dunbar Drive structure collapsed Monday night according to neighbors, although no one reported it to the city, Lynchburg Fire Battalion Chief Paul Ginther said.

No one was injured.

“We discovered it ourselves earlier today,” Ginther said Wednesday afternoon. “One of the guys on a medic unit was coming back from a call. He noticed the whole four stories of the back of the building had collapsed.”

He said neighbors reported it to a nearby business, which in turn contacted the owner, who lives in South Carolina. The owner has contacted a construction company, which has agreed to take down the entire structure. Ginther did not know when that could happen.

According to the book by Lynchburg resident Dr. Peter Houck, “A Prototype of a Confederate Hospital Center in Lynchburg, Virginia,” the 1845 warehouses straddling Dunbar Drive near 12th Street were purchased by tobacconists William Miller and John Knight in 1851. During the war, 237 soldiers died in the two buildings, per Houck’s book. They were the only two of 18 tobacco buildings in the city used as hospitals that remained standing.

Ginther said the building is unstable and could possibly collapse into Dunbar Drive, a bus route used by Dunbar Middle School. It will remain closed until the building is demolished.

Although it was believed to have been a hospital and bore a Civil War Trails marker, it was not listed on the National Register of Historic Places, city officials say. Ginther said the building was braced years ago, but has been deteriorating from leaks in the roof and general lack of upkeep.