Building Collapse

Post-quake reconstruction focuses on shorter buildings: Turkish Prez

"When planning new settlements, we will be moving our cities from lowland plains and toward mountains with the more durable surfaces," he said

Better building standards would have saved lives in Turkey earthquakes

It's safe to say that Turkey and war-torn Syria are far from the most-prepared countries. The death toll from February's quakes is nearing 50,000, and expected to rise further

Rescue work underway after four-storey building collapse site in Lucknow

Rescue personnel drawn from various agencies have been working round the clock since a multi-storey building collapsed in Lucknow Tuesday evening and the hope of pulling out anyone alive from the debris is diminishing by the minute. Two women -- the mother and wife of a Samajwadi Party spokesperson -- have been confirmed dead and two more people are still feared trapped under the debris. More than a dozen people have been rescued so far and admitted to hospitals. The five-storey Alaya Apartments in the Hazratganj area in the national capital collapsed Tuesday evening. Personnel of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) are engaged in the rescue work, while senior officials are overseeing the operation. Officiating Director General of Police (DGP) D S Chauhan visited the spot and briefed the media about the rescue operation. Rescue personnel are taking outmost precaution and avoiding the use of heavy machinery to avoid loss of life.

Fire and building collapse injures more than 20 people in Baghdad

More than two dozen people were injured, including the head of Iraq's civil defence directorate, when a commercial building in the capital caught fire and then collapsed Sunday, authorities and the state news agency reported. The official Iraqi News Agency said the civil defence director, Maj. Gen. Kadhim Bohan, and some firefighters were were among those injured when the burning building collapsed. No deaths were reported. No information was immediately available on the cause of the blaze. Brig. Gen. Qusai Younis, director of civil defense for the Al-Rusafa district of Baghdad, told The Associated Press that at least 28 people had been injured. He said two of the three stories in the building, which contained warehouses storing flammable materials such as perfume, collapsed due to the fire. The civil defense announced late Sunday evening that the fire had been fully extinguished and first responders were searching for missing people at the scene. On Oct. 29, a gas tanker explode

Girl killed, nine injured as roof of building collapses in Delhi

Five people were injured after the roof of a building collapsed here on Sunday evening, a Delhi Fire Service official said. Three to four more people are believed to be trapped under the debris, they said. Atul Garg, Director, Delhi Fire Service, said a call was received about a roof collapse in the Lahori Gate area around 7.30 pm. Five fire tenders have been rushed to the spot. So far, five people have been shifted to the hospital. Rescue operation is on to locate others, he said.

1 dead, 3 injured after Gurugram building collapses during demolition

A portion of a building collapsed while it was being demolished in Udyog Vihar Phase I in Haryana's Gurugram on Monday and two labourers are trapped, an official said

5 injured, 7 feared trapped after building collapses in Delhi's Azad market

A search and rescue operation is underway. There are reports that around six to seven people are still trapped in the debris

Building collapses in North Delhi's Azad Market, two labourers rescued

Five persons were trapped after a building collapsed in North Delhi's Azad Market area on Friday

UP CM expresses grief over Prayagraj building collapse; announces ex-gratia

As many as four people died while 10 were left injured after four shops collapsed in Mutthiganj area of Prayagraj

7 daredevils who stood just 100 metres from imploding twin towers

Supertech's illegal twin towers were razed to the ground in a matter of just 12 seconds on Sunday in Noida and seven people -- three Indians and four foreigners -- were the only persons inside a 100-metre radius during the demolition. As was expected, the demolition left behind a whopping mound of debris and a cloud of dust in close vicinity of the structures located in Sector 93A of Noida. An exclusion zone of roughly 500 metres from the twin towers was created for the demolition. No human, vehicle or animal was allowed in that exclusion zone while around 5,000 residents of nearby Emerald Court and ATS village societies were also evacuated. Only seven people were present inside the exclusion zone to trigger the button that set off over 3,700 kg of explosives in a series of blasts separated by microseconds. Those present inside the exclusion zone were Indian blaster Chetan Dutta, who pressed the button, Mayur Mehta, the project manager for Edifice Engineering, and IPS officer Rajes

India joins rare 100-metre building demolition club: Joe Brinkman

With the successful demolition of the Supertech twin towers here on Sunday, India has joined the club of countries that have razed buildings taller than 100 metres, Joe Brinkman of South African firm Jet Demolitions said. The illegal twin towers in Noida's Sector 93A were grounded by waterfall implosion technique in a matter of 12 seconds, Brinkman told reporters. The Apex (32 storeys) and Ceyane (29 storeys) towers of Supertech had a height of 103 metres each, according to officials. Mumbai-based Edifice Engineering, which was tasked with the demolition, had selected Jet Demolitions as its expert partner for the job. The two had together previously demolished four residential complexes in Maradu municipal area of Kochi, Kerala in a similar fashion. India and Edifice have now joined the 100-metre club of countries which have buildings over this height that have been demolished and that too with residential buildings standing so close to them, making the project extremely challengi

Maharashtra: 11 people rescued after residential building collapses in Pune

A wall of a 'wada', which did not have any occupants, crashed on an adjoining house in Kondhwa Budruk area

Mumbai: 19 dead as building once considered fit for demolition collapses

According to senior BMC officials, residents of the building, constructed in 1973, had undertaken to carry out repairs, but apparently no repairs were carried out

US court approves $1 bn settlement deal in deadly Florida condo collapse

The bulk of the $1.02 billion total will go to people who lost family members in the collapse of the 12-story building

Residential building collapses in Mumbai's Shastri Nagar, 1 death reported

One person died and 16 others sustained injuries following the collapse of a G+2 structure at Shastri Nagar in Mumbai's Bandra West on Wednesday night, as per the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.

More unrest in Iran as death toll after building collapse reaches 31

Iranian riot police clashed with angry protesters in the southwestern city of Abadan, and state-run media reported that the death toll from a building collapse there reached 31

Will file FIR against NDMC mayor, Delhi BJP chief: AAP on building collapse

The AAP leader alleged that the construction plan of the building could not have been passed without the 'knowledge and involvement' of the Delhi BJP leaders and NDMC mayor

Gurugram building collapse: Body retrieved after 54 hour-long operation

So far, the team has managed to rescue two people.

Gurugram building collapse: Builder to conduct structural audit of project

The incident happened at 'Chintels Paradiso' project at Sector 109, Gurugram in Haryana

Gurugram building collapse: Rescue operation on to save trapped couple

The roof collapsed on Thursday evening during repair work on the sixth floor of Tower-4 of D-block