Building collapse
Death toll in Nigeria building collapse rises to 10
The three-story building, which was mainly residential, collapsed late Sunday in the Ebute-Metta area of the sprawling city of over 20 million people.
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Three killed in Algeria building collapse following heavy rainfall
The building collapsed in the Algiers suburb of Bologhine on Tuesday, following a landslide caused by torrential rain that hit the capital and several other Algerian cities.
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Four dead in Egypt building collapse: security source
The dilapidated building, located in the Al-Attarine district, collapsed on Friday, the source told AFP, on condition of anonymity.
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Hunt for survivors as Florida collapse leaves four dead, 159 unaccounted for
The Surfside building was occupied by a mix of full-time and seasonal residents and renters, and officials have stressed it is unclear how many people were actually inside at the time of the collapse, which pancaked around 55 apartments.
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Crews comb rubble of collapsed Florida condo, 99 unaccounted for
Authorities said they were still without news of 99 people who may have been inside the building when part of it came crashing down.
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UPDATE: Death toll in India building collapse jumps to 39
Emergency workers from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have so far pulled 20 survivors from the rubble of the three-storey building in Bhiwandi, near Mumbai.
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Search for survivors after India building collapse
The accident late Monday in the town of Mahad, south of Mumbai, forced three disaster response teams to work through the night, combing tin sheets, twisted metal and broken bricks.
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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 scarcely respected.
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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.
