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Cairo, Egypt: Building collapse caused 6 casualties while 7 others were injured
- Oct, 13, 2026
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- Egypt, Cairo
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
On Tuesday October 13, a five-storey building collapsed in Cairo's Hadayek El-Qobba district, killing six people, three of them children. According to the Egyptian newspaper Ahram, seven other people,...
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Istanbul, Turkey: 5 casualties after building partially collapsed
- Oct, 08, 2026
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- Turkey, Istanbul
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
On Thursday October 8, in Maltepe district on the Asian side of Istanbul, Turkey, a seven-storey building partially collapsed resulting in 5 fatalities, while 10 others were injured. The incident occu...
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Mineola, Long Island: Building partially collapsed; no injuries were reported
- Oct, 03, 2026
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- United States, New York, Mineola
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
On Saturday October 3, 2026, a building partially collapsed in Mineola, Long Island around 12:00 p.m. local time. Fortunately, the incident didn’t cause any fatalities or injuries as the building was...
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Nepal: Heavy rainfall and multiple landslides have caused approximately 30 fatalities
- Oct, 05, 2026
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- Nepal
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Another period of heavy rain and landslides has caused widespread destruction across Nepal, with around 30 people reported dead. The latest disaster comes only weeks after devastating floods in August...
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Serbia: A retaining wall collapsed; no injuries or casualties were reported
- Sep, 23, 2026
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- Serbia, Belgrade
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
On September 23, a retaining wall at a construction site on Vojvode Vlahovica Street in Belgrade’s Brace Jerkovic neighborhood collapsed at around 5 p.m. The collapse caused a large hole to open besid...
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Update: six fatalities as a result of the explosion in Plaka, Athens
- Sep, 25, 2026
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- Greece, Athens
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
The death toll from the powerful explosion that caused a two-storey building to collapse in central Athens rose to six on Saturday afternoon, after rescue crews recovered what are believed to be the f...
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Athens, Greece: Building collapsed after explosion
- Sep, 25, 2026
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- Greece, Athens
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
According to the Greek emergency services, on Friday, September 25, a building in central Athens, located in one of the city’s oldest and most popular neighborhood, collapsed after a powerful explosio...
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Indonesian Army to Inspect Thousands of Bridges After Suspension Bridge Collapse
- Sep, 22, 2026
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- Indonesia
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Indonesian Army Chief of Staff General Maruli Simanjuntak said the military plans to inspect nearly 3,400 bridges currently being constructed by the army and police across the country. The review come...
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Building collapse in Delhi; no fatalities were reported
- Sep, 20, 2026
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- India
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Another under-construction building collapsed in the Alipur area of north Delhi on Sunday September 20, just days after the building collapse in Satya Niketan that killed seven people. Specifically, p...
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At least six students killed after residential building collapses in Delhi
- Sep, 06, 2026
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- India
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
At least six students have died, and dozens of others are trapped following the collapse of a residential building in India. It has been reported that the five-story residential building, which held a...
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