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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Thursday, 2 February 2012

http://sawdis1.blogspot.com/2012/02/worker-dies-after-building-coll...

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

http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=61188

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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http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/crime/fl-hollywood-crane-cra...

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

http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000051311&cid...

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.

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Building collapse: More than 25 still feared trapped

Soumittra S Bose, TNN | Feb 1, 2012, 06.52AM IST

More than 25 persons are still feared trapped under the debris of warehouse-cum-cold storage at Chikhli layout in Kalamna and their relatives were seething in anger over what appeared to be slipshod rescue operations. The gases have been so strong that even the rescue parties and those standing several metres away were affected. Ashok Shripatre, father of Amit who is still trapped under the debris, protested the delays in the rescue. He threatened to commit suicide if the work was not hastened. "I am crying since 6 pm of Monday evening but no one is paying heed. We have not even told the mother that her son is trapped here," said a weeping Ajju Shripatre, Amit's younger brother, who has been trying to draw attention of the officials to where Amit might be. The relatives of Pawan Kedia, friend of the cold-storage owner Pramod Khandelwal, too showed disappointment as there is no trace of the businessman 24 hours.

"The rescue restarted late on Tuesday morning after a gap of four hours," said a relative of Kedia. Anand Raul, whose daughter escaped the disaster by a whisker, does not know if he will ever see his wife Sanjukta alive after being trapped for so many hours. The jawans of the 118 Battalion Territorial Army paid heed to his plight and used an experienced labourer working at the premises for the last eight months to find a possible passage through mangled heaps of concrete and iron rods. The jawans have been trying onlooktheir level best but were helpless in absence of specialized equipment. One of two JCBs working at the site remained non-functional for hours after it ran out of fuel, said a senior army official. There was emanation of obnoxious gases from the rubble since the cold-storage was damaged but the officials from NEERI were informed almost 24 hours later. As anger grew among the relatives of the trapped labourers looked at every plan of the authorities with suspicion. They accused officials of being more interested in extricating material belonging to traders rather than save lives. "The authorities are only interested in saving the grains of rich traders but not the lives of poor labourers," said a relative as he had a heated argument with the senior officials of police, Nagpur Municipal Corporation, Nagpur Improvement Trust and other agencies engaged in the rescue operation.

"Allow us to enter the rubble come what may," said Tirith Chandralekh whose elder brother Sonu is still untraceable. There was also much discontent among the relatives of the trapped labourers who started voicing their dissent as armymen were not present at the site on Tuesday morning. In fact, it is learnt that the local authorities could not provide any support to the jawans for an all-out rescue operations. Patience among the officials too seemed to be waning leading to scrapes. A senior police officer unnecessarily manhandled a businessman who was waiting to see whether his stocks could

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City Gates Church Collapse

At around 4:30pm yesterday the infrastructure for the City Gates Church in Clements Road, Ilford, collapsed. Nobody was seriously injured.

However the area remains closed while Health & Safety investigate and the site is made safe.

The Clements Road Car park and the surface Town Hall Car park are closed. Buses are being diverted and there is serious congestion – advice is to avoid Ilford Town centre if possible.

The Royal Mail sorting office is closed so post will be delayed.

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Subway construction worker in critical after concrete falls on his head in Brooklyn station 

Man was working at Smith-9th Sts. Station

Tuesday, January 31, 2012, 5:24 PM

Todd Maisel/New York Daily News

A hardhat hit in the head by a chunk of concrete at the Smith-9th Sts. elevated station in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, was rushed to Lutheran Medical Center.

Todd Maisel/New York Daily News

Officials are investigating why a construction worker was struck in the head with a large piece of concrete at the Smith and Ninth Streets elevated train station next to the Gowanus Canal this morning, possibly inflicting mortal injuries on the helmeted worker. He suffered massive head injuries and was rushed to Lutheran Medical Center. Condition unknown.

A hardhat working in a Brooklyn subway station was clinging to life Tuesday after a chunk of concrete crashed on his head, officials said.

The 26-year-old man, whose name was not released, was working on a construction crew clearing concrete out of the Smith-9th Sts. Station in Carroll Gardens about 11:30 a.m., officials said.

The concrete slab suddenly fell and landed on the worker’s head.

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http://www.constructionenquirer.com/2012/02/01/6m-church-under-cons...

Five storey building collapses in Ilford

Wed 1st February | 0:01

A five storey building which was topped out last week dramatically collapsed yesterday in Ilford, east London.

The steel frame of the new £6.1m City Gates Christian Centre partially came down but all 22 workers on the site escaped unharmed.

It is believed the site team had clocked off for the day just minutes before the collapse.

Main contractor on the job is Ashe Construction.

A company statement said: “Following extensive searches of the building site and surrounding areas the emergency services have confirmed that no site workers or members of the public have been injured as a result of the partial collapse.

“We are extremely grateful to the emergency services, the local authority and other statutory bodies for their response to this incident.”

Eye witness Mick Pandher told the Ilford Recorder: “I looked towards the building and I thought it was a thunder storm at first.

“Seconds later, I saw the whole building going to the floor.

“It was very sudden. It was like when you see a building being demolished. It came down in a straight line.”

A Fire Brigade statement said: “Our specialist urban search and rescue (USAR) crews were called to a collapsed building on Clements Road in Ilford. Six fire engines and four fire rescue units were also at the scene.

“The five storey building was under construction.

“The steel frame surrounding it collapsed and scaffolding from the construction site also fell into a nearby car park, damaging six cars.All 22 construction workers on the site escaped uninjured.

“USAR crews used specially trained dogs to complete a systematic search of the area and were able to confirm that no-one else was involved in the incident, although one passer by was treated for shock by London Ambulance Service.

“A crane on the site was left in a precarious position after the building collapsed and a 60 metre safety cordon was established.”