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Apartment building collapses due to fire in Scotland
A 4-story building located in south Glasgow, Scotland collapsed due to an overnight fire that initiated on its ground floor. The incident occurred on late Sunday, November 11, 2019. According to re...
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Massive blaze in Bolton's student building: 2 injured
- Nov, 17, 2019
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other Structural
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
A massive fire engulfed a building that accommodated students in Bolton, United Kingdom, resulting in 2 injuries. The fire initiated at the 6th (top) floor of the building and rapidly spread along...
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Wooden bridge collapse in an Indonesian resort
A wooden bridge in a Hotel resort located in Batam, Indonesia, partially collapsed injuring 26 people. The bridge that rises 3 meters above the sea, was constructed in 2012. The failure occurr...
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7-story building failure in Brazil: 9 people dead
A 7-story apartment building suddenly gave way trapping people under the rubble. The structure that was located in Fortaleza city (north-east of Brazil) collapsed at about 10:30 a.m. on O...
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Overpass gives way crashing cars beneath in China
A bridge suddenly collapsed and crashed down on a road beneath, devastating 3 vehicles, in China. The structure is located in Wuxi city, north-west of Shanghai, in the province of Jiangsu...
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Hard Rock Casino Hotel collapses in New Orleans: 2 fatalities
Hard Rock Casino Hotel, a building under construction located at the corner of Rampart and Canal Street in New Orleans, partially collapsed killing 2 people and injuring at least 18 more. The hotel...
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Bridge collapse in Taiwan: 5 people confirmed dead
An arch bridge located in eastern Taiwan suddenly collapsed sending an oil tanker truck onto fishing watercrafts below. The 140-meter structure gave way on October 1, 2019, at 9:30 local time. The...
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30-meter scaffolding crashed into a church in San Antonio
A 10-story scaffolding collapsed into St. Mark's Episcopal Church in San Antonio on September 19, 2019. The scaffolding was attached to a 14-story building, owned by AT&T, since...
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22 people injured after deck collapses in New Jersey
Numerous people were trapped (22 of them injured) after a multi-story deck gave way in a beach house of Wildwood, New Jersey. The incident occurred on Saturday, September 14, 2019, during the annua...
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Wind turbines collapse in Brazil
Two wind turbines have collapsed in less than two months in Brazil. The facilities were produced by General Electric, a multinational group involved in many fields including renewable ene...
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