Building collapse
- India
Building collapses in Jharkhand’s Deoghar, several feared trapped
Deoghar: Several persons were feared trapped under the debris of a two-storey building that collapsed in Jharkhand’s Deoghar district on Sunday morning, an official said. An official of the National Disaster Response…
- India
7 bodies recovered from collapsed building in Surat; woman rescued alive
Surat: The death toll in the collapse of a six-storey building in Gujarat’s Surat city has gone up to seven with the recovery of six more bodies overnight, police said on Sunday.…
- India
6-storey residential building collapses in Surat city; rescue operations on
Surat: A six-storey residential building collapsed in Pal area of Surat city on Saturday afternoon, leaving at least four to five people trapped under the rubble, officials said. A woman was rescued…
- India
2 killed, 17 injured after building collapses in UP’s Muzaffarnagar
Muzaffarnagar: As many as two labourers were killed, and 17 others were injured after the roof of an under-construction building collapsed in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar on Sunday, officials said. According to the…
- India
Kolkata building collapse: Toll rises to 10, two still missing; landowner held
Kolkata: Rescue workers on Tuesday evening recovered the body of another person from underneath the debris of the collapsed five-storey building in Kolkata’s Garden Reach area taking the toll to 10, a…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: 2 killed, 10 injured after under-construction building collapses
Bengaluru: Two people were killed and more than 10 were injured when a temporary structure put up to facilitate the construction of a school building collapsed at Anekal town on the outskirts of…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Under construction building collapses in Nizampet; 2 hurt
Hyderabad: In yet another tragic incident, the slab of an under-construction building in the NRI Colony of Nizampet collapsed on Wednesday afternoon. Two women workers reportedly suffered injuries in the mishap. According…
- Middle East
3 killed, 11 injured as buildings collapse in Iran’s capital
Tehran: At least three people were killed and 11 others injured as a number of semi-finished buildings collapsed in Iran’s capital Tehran, local media reported. The incident occurred on Sunday morning when…
- Pakistan
11 construction workers die in Pakistan building collapse
Islamabad: At least 11 construction workers were killed and six others injured on Wednesday when a wall of a building collapsed on them after heavy rains in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad. The building…
- Middle East
Child among four killed in Egyptian building collapse
Cairo: At least four people, including a child, have died and four others were injured after a building collapsed in Egypt’s Alexandria on Monday, CNN reported citing state newspaper Al-Ahram. The civil…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: House raising attempt fails, GHMC demolishes structure
Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) on Sunday initiated the demolition of a building in Qutbullapur after an attempt to raise its height failed. House raising is the process of separating…
- India
UP: Four-year-old girl killed as six houses collapse in Agra
Agra: A four-year-old girl was killed and a few others were injured as six houses collapsed in Agra in Uttar Pradesh Thursday morning due to excavation work in a nearby dharamshala, police said.…
- India
Lucknow building collapse: Around 12 rescued, search operations underway, say officials
Lucknow: Around a dozen people who were trapped after a four-storey residential building collapsed in Lucknow’s Hazratganj on Tuesday have been rescued and a search is on for others, officials said here.…