Page 2 - Building Collapse

1 buried alive, 2 hurt as building collapses in HP's Solan, NDRF called in

One person was buried alive and two others injured as a four-storey building collapsed in Himachal Pradesh's Solan district on Tuesday, a state disaster management official said.

Gas cylinder explosion triggers building collapse in Tamil Nadu, 5 dead

Five people, including three women, were killed after three buildings collapsed following a cooking gas cylinder explosion in a house in Karungalpatti in the city early on Tuesday.

Three-storeyed building collapses in Bengaluru, no casualties reported

Locals said that the building was leaning slightly for two years

About 700 buildings identified as dangerous in pre-monsoon survey: NDMC

About 700 buildings located in north Delhi were declared as dangerous structures in a pre-monsoon survey by the area's civic body, senior officials said on Monday

Delhi: Two teens killed as building collapses in Sabzi Mandi area

A building collapsed in north Delhi's Sabzi Mandi area on Monday, police said. A person trapped under the debris was rescued and rushed to a nearby hospital, a senior police officer said, adding that the rescue operations were still underway. The Delhi Fire Service received a call about the incident at 11.50 am, said Atul Garg, the director of DFS. Total seven fire tenders were rushed to the site, he added.

At least 8 dead in hotel collapse in eastern China; 9 remain missing

Authorities say at least eight people have died and 9 remained missing in a hotel collapse in Suzhou city in eastern China

Drilling done, demolition of collapsed Florida condo set: Official

Demolition specialists finished boring holes and began laying explosives in them as they prepared to bring down precarious but still-standing portion of a collapsed South Florida condo building

US safety agency starts probe into Miami's surfside condo collapse

A technical probe into the collapse of Miami's surfside condo has been launched by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) affiliated with the US Commerce Department."Today the US Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced it would launch a full technical investigation into what caused the partial collapse of the Champlain Towers South Condominium in Surfside, Florida, on June 24, 2021," the Commerce Department's NIST said in a press release on Wednesday.The release said that officials are on site of the incident but will not enter the actual ground of the collapse until it is considered safe to do so. The agency said its probe could reveal potential issues for other buildings near the collapse, along the coastline.The probe will not interfere with search and rescue operations, and the agency is cooperating with all levels of government responding to the collapse, the release said.On Wednesday, the Miami-Dade County mayor

12 people confirmed dead in Florida building collapse, 149 missing

The number of confirmed deaths due to the collapse of an oceanfront condo building in Surfside, Florida has now increased to 12, informed Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava announced

Death toll in Surfside, Florida building collapse rises to 11; 150 missing

The number of confirmed deaths due to the collapse of a building in Surfside, Florida near Miami has now reached 11, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said on Monday

Death toll in Florida building collapse rises to 9; 152 still missing

The death toll in the apartment building collapse in Surfside, Florida, has gone up to nine, informed Miami-Dade County, Florida, Mayor Daniella Levine Cava

Why did the Miami apartment building collapse? And are others in danger?

The 12-storey building with 136 apartments was built in 1981 on reclaimed wetlands. More than 55 apartments have been destroyed.

Bombay High Court orders judicial inquiry in Malad building collapse

The Bombay High Court on Friday has ordered a judicial inquiry in the matter of the Malad building collapse that claimed the lives of 12 people."It seems that despite this Court taking suo-motu cognizance of an incident of building collapse in Bhiwandi on September 21, 2020, which took as many as 38 lives, to initiate this Public Interest Litigation for ensuring the protection of lives of citizens and having passed several orders seeking to activate the respondents to come down heavily on illegal and unauthorized buildings/structures," the court said."This Court is pained to observe that officials employed with the respondents have exhibited extreme lack of solicitude for the rule of law and failed to discharge their statutory duties effectively, which could have prevented the recent building collapses as well as saved the lives of the inhabitants thereof," it stated.The court appoints Justice JP Deodhar (Retd) of Bombay HC as commissioner of inquiry for Malad building ...

Mumbai building collapse: 11, including 8 children, killed; 7 injured

Families of the deceased will be given Rs 5 lakh each as compensation, said Maharashtra Minister Aslam Shaikh on Malad West building collapse incident

PM Modi expresses pain at loss of lives in Mumbai building collapse

Modi announced Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia each for the next of kin of the deceased

Piyush Goyal condoles loss of lives in building collapse in Malad West

Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday condoled the loss of lives in a residential structure collapse in the New Collector compound in Malad West of Mumbai

Death toll in Malad building collapse rises to 11, rescue op underway

At least eleven people, including eight minors, lost their lives after a residential structure collapsed in New Collector compound, Malad West of Mumbai late on Wednesday night

Mumbai: One killed, 4 injured as part of building collapses in Bandra

At least one person died while four others injured after a part of a four-storey building collapsed in Bandra area of Mumbai on Monday."One person has been killed in the incident. Injured have been sent to nearby hospitals. There are no serious injuries," Bandra MLA Zeeshan Siddique said on Monday.Siddique said that the building collapsed at around 1:30 am."Police and fire officials are present at the spot. The rescue operation is underway," Siddique said."Update on the Bandra East Structure collapse- It's past 6 am now, locals have formed human chains & are helping fire brigade clear the debris to make sure no one is stuck. Have been requesting the @mybmc since 3 hours now to send labourers but only 2 are on site," Siddique tweeted.

Boy saves lives of 75 residents before building collapsed in Mumbai

Around 75 occupants of a two-storey building in Dombivli were miraculously saved by a young boy before it collapsed on Thursday morning.

Maharashtra: Death toll in Bhiwandi building collapse rises to 41

The death toll in the Bhiwandi building collapse, which took place here on Monday, has risen to 41, the National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF) informed on Wednesday