Building collapse
- 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.…
- Middle East
16 killed after building collapses in Syria
Damascus: A total of 16 civilians were killed, and four others wounded when their residential building collapsed in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo. The five-storey building, which the Interior Ministry said…
- Middle East
Jordan: At least 8 dead in collapsed building, 5-month old baby rescued
Amman: The death toll in a residential building collapse in Jordan’s capital Amman rose to eight, the Public Security Department (PSD) said in a statement. The building collapsed on Tuesday. Rescue work is…
- Middle East
Syria: Aleppo building collapse kills at least ten people
Damascus: A five-storey residential building collapsed in Syria’s northern city of Aleppo, killing at least 10 people, a state media report said. The bodies of six women, three children, and a man…
- Photos
Building collapse in Mumbai
Mumbai: People vacate a building after collapse of a nearby four-storey building at Naik Nagar in Kurla East, Mumbai, Tuesday, June 28, 2022. The incident took place on Monday night.(PTI Photo/Kunal Patil)…