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FILE: The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service confirmed the new toll, saying that the survivors sustained "varying degrees of injury." Picture: AFP.

Building collapse

Death toll in Nigeria building collapse rises to 10

By AFP

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.

  • FILE: Three bodies, two men and a woman, were recovered from the rubble, civil protection services said in a statement, adding that two children were found injured. Picture: Supplied.

    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.

    273 days ago
  • FILE: Flag of Egypt. Picture: pixabay.com

    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.

    410 days ago
  • A Miami-Dade Fire Rescue person and a K-9 continue the search and rescue operations in the partially collapsed 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building on 24 June 2021 in Surfside, Florida. Picture: JOE RAEDLE/AFP

    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.

    410 days ago
  • A Miami-Dade Fire Rescue person and a K-9 continue the search and rescue operations in the partially collapsed 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building on 24 June 2021 in Surfside, Florida. Picture: JOE RAEDLE/AFP

    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.

    411 days ago
  • Rescue workers search for survivors in the rubble of a collapsed three-storey residential building in Bhiwandi on 21 September 2020. Picture: AFP.

    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.

    686 days ago
  • A rescue worker along with a sniffer dog searches for survivors in the rubble of a collapsed five-storey apartment building in Mahad on 25 August 2020. Picture:  AFP

    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.

    715 days ago
  • FILE: Emergency and rescue personnel are seen at the site of a building which collapsed in Lagos on 13 March 2019.  Picture: AFP

    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.

    760 days ago
  • Multiple people have been injured while many are believed to be trapped in a structural collapse in Durban central. Picture: Arrive Alive/Twitter.

    UPDATE: One person dead in Durban CBD building collapse

    Details are still sketchy at the moment, but paramedics have rushed five people to hospital.

    792 days ago
  • Rescue workers attend to the scene of a six-storey building that collapsed in Nairobi, on 6 December 2019. Picture: AFP

    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.

    978 days ago
  • A view of a building that collapsed in Durban on 7  November 2019. Picture: @rescuecare/Twitter

    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.

    1006 days ago
  • A view of a building that collapsed in Durban on 7  November 2019. Picture: @rescuecare/Twitter

    9 people injured in Durban building collapse

    KwaZulu-Natal emergency services said the collapse took place in the city centre on Thursday afternoon.

    1007 days ago
  • Members of a rescue team carry out a survivor of a building collapse in Shanghai on 16 May 2019. Picture: AFP

    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.

    1181 days ago
  • Picture: Aminul Islam Bulbul/Unsplash

    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.

    1240 days ago
  • The University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics. Picture: Google Maps.

    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.

    1271 days ago
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Rescue and medical personnel try to free a woman who discovered alive 5 May 2016 after being trapped for six-days in the rubble of a residential house that collapsed during torrential rain in Kenyan capital. Picture: AFP.

    Building collapse kills at least three in Kenyan capital

    Rescue workers combed through the rubble of the building in the central Huduma district.

    1529 days ago
  • Picture: Supplied

    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.

    1619 days ago
  • Indian rescue workers and fire officials look for survivors in debris at the site of a building collapse in Mumbai on 25 July 2017. Picture: AFP

    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.

    1842 days ago
  • FILE: Pakistan flag. Picture: AFP.

    2 killed in Pakistan building collapse

    The government is warning the death toll could rise further as rescue teams work through the rubble.

    1849 days ago
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