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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The jail in danger of collapse .. because prisoners have dug so many escape tunnels

• Network of escape routes extends beyond jail walls
• Security chief says prison could come down at 'any moment'
• Governor says inmates spend every moment plotting their escape
  

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A Brazilian prison complex is facing collapse after inmates dug a labyrinth of tunnels beneath its foundations during multiple escape bids.

Four more tunnels were discovered this week alone after a group of prisoners escaped from Alcaguz jail in Maceio in the north east of the country.

Inmates at the prison are said to spend every moment of the day plotting their escape and have so far excavated tunnels three metres underground and 30 metres long.

Fresh discovery: A prison guard looks at the hole leading to a network of tunnels beneath the Alcaguz jail in Brazil

There are now so many tunnels in the soft earth under the penitentiary that the structure is unsound.

The prison's security chief says that the structural problems are so severe 'it could bring the prison down at any moment.'

Contractors building a new wing at the jail last year discovered new tunnels and saw the ground collapse as they drove heavy equipment across the compound.

Prison governor Jose Olimpio said: 'There are many. The prisoners spend every moment of the day dreaming up ways to escape. And they always
find some way of hiding the soil, under mattresses, or down the toilet which ends up blocking the whole sewarage system.

'They even started digging a tunnel in the prison yard, but we discovered it before anyone had escaped.

Prison break: Alcaguz prison in north eastern Brazil is built on soft earth allowing inmates to easily tunnel out of the compound. Jail bosses say it could now collapse

Gaping hole: Inmates spend all their time plotting escapes says the prison governor at this Brazilian jail. Here another tunnel is discovered just outside the walls

'Now there's a great risk that all the tunnels ha

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3-storied building collapses in Tirupati

Jan 13 ,2012 18:10 PM

A three-storied residential building in Tirupati collapsed today and fortunately there are no reports of loss of life.

The building in the Singalakunta area of the town started sinking into the ground last night and observing this, the residents of the building vacated the premises as a precautionary measure to save their lives.

Most of the residents took out their valuables and important paraphernalia out last night itself along with them as they suspected the structure to collapse any minute. The residents waited with bated breath outside on the road whole night as the officials warned them not to venture into the building.

Today, around 3.30 pm, the building collapsed completely to the ground terrorizing the neighbors and the locals. As the building started collapsing, people started running away from the area post haste leading to confusion.

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Retaining Wall in Front of Cilandak Highscope School Collapsed

 

BERITAJAKARTA.COM — 13/01/2012 10:34:00

A five-meter tall retaining wall in front of Indonesia Highscope school on Jl. RA Kartini, Cilandak, South Jakarta, collapsed yesterday (1/12) around 4.15 PM. No casualty reported in this incident, but a kilometer traffic jam occurred from Jl. Pangeran Antasari to Fatmawati Hospital.

The condition of retaining wall itself was already very fragile with cracks all over its humid parts. “There was a report from the school of wall going to collapse. When I got here, the wall collapsed at 4.15 PM. It will be followed up to related party,” stated Tata, Cilandakbarat Urban Village staff who surveyed the location, Thursday (1/12).

Warsino, Indonesia Highscope school staff, said the wall is not the school’s responsibility because it was built by Jakarta Public Works Department. “We have reported, hopefully can be handled soon,” he expressed.

Meanwhile, until 5.20 PM, there was still no officer showed up at the location to clean the wall ruins on the street. Highscope school security officers only placed road divider to notify drivers to be careful.

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Vehicles damaged in building collapse near Consol Energy Center

By Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Tuesday, January 10, 2012

At least five vehicles were damaged on Tuesday night when a vacant building collapsed in the Uptown neighborhood near the Consol Energy Center.

There were no immediate reports of injuries in the collapse that occurred shortly before 8:30 p.m. near the intersection of Pride and Colwell streets, Pittsburgh police said. Streets in that area were closed because of debris, police said.

Police believe that some of the vehicles were owned by fans who attended the Penguins-Senators game

Read more: Vehicles damaged in building collapse near Consol Energy Center - P... http://pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/breaking/s_775999.h...

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Dove Valley Collapse

Four people were injured Thursday morning when the roof of an old mushroom house on the Dove Valley Winery property collapsed. They apparently fell about 20 feet and have been transported to Christiana Hospital.

Thursday, January 12, 2012 11:01 am

By Jacob Owens

A building collapse has been reported at Dove Valley Winery on Harrington Road near Rising Sun.

Fire companies are on scene and building inspectors and Maryland Occupational Safety and Health Administration officials are being called to the scene.

Updated reports are saying that four people are injured and all are being transported to Christiana Hospital. The injured apparently fell about 20 feet.

Cecil Whig reporters now say the building appears to be an old mushroom house that the winery and vineyard was rebuilding. The roof on the structure had collapsed in a previous winter and walls and trusses are currently present at the wreckage.

http://www.cecilwhig.com/news/local_news/article_262787f6-3d37-11e1...

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Four taken to hospital, as ceiling collapses at Stag pub - 'An almighty bang' say revellers

Published: 12 January 2012
by GEORGIA GRAHAM

DRINKERS in South End Green were covered in rubble and dust when part of the ceiling collapsed in a busy pub at the weekend.

Four people were taken to hospital on Saturday night after the plasterboard ceiling fell onto customers at The Stag pub in Fleet Road.

The bar, packed with revellers, birthday parties and dinner dates, had to be evacuated.

Claire Russell, from Finchley, was with 20 friends at a birthday dinner party.

She said “There was a big group of us sitting around the corner of the main bar, and suddenly there was this almighty bang.

“Everything went a bit surreal after that – it was quite scary.

Everything went really quiet and people were looking around at each other trying to figure out what happened.

At first we thought someone had dropped something really heavy but then all this dust started swilling around.

“Luckily, no one panicked and staff were really calm.

The people sitting at those tables were covered head to toe in dust, had bits of rubble in their hair.”

The popular pub reopened in 2008 after a refurbishment transformed it from a traditional boozer to a gastro-pub.

A spokesman for London Ambulance Service said: “We were called at 8.25pm to reports of a ceiling collapse.

Four ambulance crews, two single responders in
cars and our hazardous area response team attended.

London Ambulance staff treated four patients for minor injuries.”

The spokesman confirmed that four customers were taken to hospital.

Two were treated at the nearby Royal Free and two at St Mary’s in Paddington.

The pub closed for a clean-up and refurbishment but planned to open yesterday (Wednesday).

 

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Wild weather blamed for Seaford house collapse

11 Jan, 2012 04:01 PM

CONSTRUCTION workers were lucky to escape without injuries when high winds caused the partial collapse of a townhouse they were working on in Seaford this morning.

The three-storey home was one of several being built on the Nepean Highway site, near the Riviera Hotel.

Site manager Rick Hammond told the Weekly that people were working on the building when ‘‘a freak gust of wind’’, blew down the frame and some scaffolding at about 9am.

‘‘The trees and everything are down around here. Fortunately no one was hurt,’’ Mr Hammond said.

A WorkSafe Victoria spokeswoman said a WorkSafe inspector had attended the collapsed house and closed the site until recovery procedures were developed.

She said eight workers were on site at the time of the collapse and the incident would be investigated further.

The construction company would need to improve stabilisation at the site, although wild weather had caused problems in the local area, she said.

One SES truck attended the scene and members cordoned off the footpath outside the property and asked construction workers to ensure that the gate was locked to prevent public access.

At 2pm Frankston SES controller Brian McMannis said strong winds continued to lash Frankston and members were busy attending to 60 calls for assistance in the local area.

‘‘The calls are mainly about trees down, roofs damaged by trees and trees across roads. Once people come home and realise there is damage we will get more calls, so I’d say we’ll probably be working through the night,’’ Mr McMannis said.

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Building Collapses As Penguins Fall

PITTSBURGH -- A building collapsed right outside of Tuesday night's Pittsburgh Penguins game, damaging a car and creating a mess of debris.The crumbled building now sits scattered along Colwell and Pride streets in the Hill District.No injuries were reported in the incident.One car received minor damage, police said.The cause of the collapse was under investigation.Meanwhile, the Ottawa Senators made quick work of the Penguins in a 5-1 victory Tuesday.

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Half of road collapses after heavy rain

Posted on January 10, 2012, Tuesday

ANOTHER ROAD COLLAPSE: Traffic jam after the landslip.

KUCHING: A landslip caused one lane of a road near Kampung Merdang Lumut here to collapse, causing traffic congestion along Muara Tuang Road yesterday.

This happened barely two weeks after a similar incident caused a 100-metre stretch of road to sink near Semukoi in Serian.

Like the previous case, the one yesterday was probably caused by heavy rain.

Yesterday, a survey at the landslip found that the remaining lane was passable by vehicles even though the other lane had sunk by three feet.

It was said the road collapsed at about 8am yesterday.

Until yesterday evening, no repair work was done though the collapsed road was closed by the authorities concerned.

There is a drain by the roadside, and it was believed the rainwater had washed away the soil underneath the road following heavy downpour since Sunday night.

There was a traffic jam in the afternoon yesterday as many parents use this road to pick up their children from school.

Police personnel were at the site to ensure smooth traffic flow.

Read more: http://www.theborneopost.com/2012/01/10/half-of-road-collapses-afte...

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Roof on Affton apartment building collapses, displacing residents

KMOV.com

Posted on January 9, 2012 at 12:46 PM

(KMOV.com) -- Part of the roof on an Affton, Missouri apartment building caved in Monday morning, forcing everyone in the building to evacuate.

 

Affton Fire Captain, Keith Scaggs, said construction crews were working on the complex roof in the 10000 block of Puttington Drive Monday morning when part of it collapsed.  Four apartment units have been affected by the collapse and everyone in the building was evacuated as a safety precaution.  Scaggs said no injuries were reported.

 

Residents were allowed to go back into the complex and get valuables, but are not allowed to stay in the building.  It is unclear at this time if residents will be able to live there again or how long it will take to repair the roof.