Building collapse
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,...
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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.
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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.
