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India, Mumbai: Building collapse – at least 3 fatalities and 11 injuries
- Jun, 28, 2022
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- India, Mumbai
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At least three people were killed and 11 were injured when a dilapidated residential building collapsed in India's financial and entertainment capital, Mumbai, officials said Tuesday. The four-stor...
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Bangladesh: opening of country's longest bridge
- Jun, 25, 2022
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- Bangladesh
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Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday celebrated the opening of the country’s longest bridge, which took eight years to build. The 6.51-kilometer (4.04-mile) bridge spanning the Pad...
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Iran building collapse: at least 11 fatalities
- May, 23, 2022
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- Iran
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Rescuers dug through debris of a collapsed building in southwestern Iran that killed at least 11 people, fearful that many more could still be trapped beneath the rubble. Meanwhile, authorities arres...
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A 92-metre-long rail bridge is set to be installed in Stechford
- May, 06, 2022
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- United Kingdom
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Once installed in Stechford, it will become the longest single-span railway structure in the West Midlands allowing HS2 to access its new depot. A 92-metre-long (100yd) rail bridge is set to be dri...
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Cracks in concrete: A new way to discover a reaction that causes them
- May, 05, 2022
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- United States, Illinois, Lemont
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Bridges, dams, nuclear plants and other concrete structures are built to stand for decades, but they are not indestructible. One phenomenon that shortens the life of concrete buildings and structur...
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3-storey building collapse in Kano, Nigeria: one dead, several injured
- Mar, 17, 2022
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- Nigeria, Kano
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A three-storey building collapsed in Kano State, Nigeria on Thursday 17 March 2022. One person has been confirmed dead and several persons injured. It was reported that the storey building which is...
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Surfside collapse: Florida fails to pass condo safety measures
- Mar, 12, 2022
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- United States, Florida
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In the nine months since 98 people died in the collapse of a Surfside, Florida, condominium, state lawmakers have pledged to pass measures that could help avoid a similar disaster. Negotiations bet...
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An apartment block collapses in Abidjan, Africa: at least 6 fatalities
- Mar, 07, 2022
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At least six people, including two children, died when an apartment block collapsed in Ivory Coast's commercial capital of Abidjan overnight, the fire brigade said on Monday. Rescuers used torches...
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Lagos, Nigeria building collapse: at least four fatalities and several trapped
- Feb, 13, 2022
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- Nigeria, Lagos
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This is the second such incident in Lagos in three months with another one in November 2021 leading to the death of at least 40 people. The incident happened around 3 p.m. on Saturday. A building u...
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6-story Bronx building’s partial collapse: façade falls of raining down bricks
- Feb, 02, 2022
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- United States, New York
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Part of the facade of a vacant six-story Bronx building under construction collapsed on Tuesday. The partial collapse sent bricks falling onto an awning and the sidewalk below. No injuries were repor...
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