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News on Collapse
Construction crane collapses while building a bridge (video)
In the evening of the 9th of May, a large crawler crane collapsed in Varese, Italy while lifting a large section of a new viaduct at the Arcisate Stabio railway yards. The piece of concrete bridge was...
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Eastern China building collapse leaves 7 dead
Nine people were buried in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province in Eastern China after a residence complex collapsed on the morning of Thursday Feb. 2, and seven of them have been reported dead. The building’s...
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Tehran’s Plasco building collapses after fire
Plasco commercial building, an iconic high-rise structure in central Tehran, collapsed following a fire that broke out on the top floors on 8 am local time (Thursday 19/1) and was burning for hours. A...
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A balcony collapses in Angers, France: 4 people dead and 14 injured
- Oct, 20, 2016
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Angers, France
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Four French died and more than 10 were injured due to a collapse of a balcony. The accident happened in Angers, a city in western France on Saturday, 15th October 2016. The collapsed balcony was on th...
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Wenzhou China: Collapse of four buildings kills 22!
- Oct, 13, 2016
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Wenzhou, China
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
On Monday, October 11, 2016 a complex of residential buildings in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province of China collapsed killing 22 people! Recent surveys show the buildings had several structural deficiencies...
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