Building collapse
Two dead, eight rescued in Lagos building collapse
Building collapses are tragically common in Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, with millions living in dilapidated buildings and building regulations...
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UPDATE: One person dead in Durban CBD building collapse
Details are still sketchy at the moment, but paramedics have rushed five people to hospital.
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At least three killed after residential building collapses in Kenya
Scores of people clustered around, held back by a cordon, waiting to find news of their family and friends as police and a mechanical digger worked through the wreckage.
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Durban authorities order owner to fix building after roof collapse
It said that it would decide whether or not the building would be reopened once repairs had been carried out.
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9 people injured in Durban building collapse
KwaZulu-Natal emergency services said the collapse took place in the city centre on Thursday afternoon.
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Toll in deadly Shanghai building collapse rises to 10
About half of the low-rise building collapsed around midday on Thursday, crushing construction workers under piles of toppled concrete pillars and shattered wooden beams.
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Two dead, dozens trapped, in India building collapse - officials
Rescue teams and ambulances were scrambling to Dharwad district, roughly 700 kilometres northwest of the state capital Bangalore, where the five-floor under-construction apartment block crumbled.
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Russian university building partly collapses, no casualties - agencies
Around two dozen people were trapped in the building of the University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics in the centre of Russia’s second biggest city, the agencies said.
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Building collapse kills at least three in Kenyan capital
Rescue workers combed through the rubble of the building in the central Huduma district.
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Four die in building collapse after explosion in Poland
The explosion on Sunday morning destroyed four of 18 apartments in the building, PAP said, quoting a local fire brigade representative.
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Mumbai building collapse kills at least eight, many feared trapped
PS Rahangdale, chief fire officer of the Mumbai Fire Brigade said a total of 16 people had been rescued so far.
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2 killed in Pakistan building collapse
The government is warning the death toll could rise further as rescue teams work through the rubble.
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Death toll from collapse of Nairobi building hits 7 - Kenyan police
The building collapsed in Nairobi's Huruma residential estate late on Friday after days of heavy rains.
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30 killed after building collapse in Nigeria
Lagos authorities said the house collapsed after the owners had added floors despite lacking a permit.
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Taiwan developer arrested after deadly quake fells building
The developer has been arrested on suspicion of negligent homicide following the building's collapse.
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TB Joshua: Building collapse was God’s will
The Nigerian pastor says those affected by the collapse must ‘set themselves free’ from the tragedy.
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Man dies in Booysens building collapse
Authorities say the cause of the collapse is unknown.
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Probe into Randfontein building collapse underway
There were no injuries reported and the building was closed off by authorities yesterday.
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Eight dead, two missing in Ivory Coast building collapse
The accident occurred on Wednesday in Abidjan’s Attecoube district.
