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Watergate Hotel Parking Structure Collapse
- May, 05, 2015
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Watergate Hotel, Washington D.C., USA
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
A pancake collapse occurred on Friday at the parking structure that services Washington D.C.’s famed Watergate Hotel. The D.C. Fire Department responded to the failure as one person was injured. The m...
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1 Dead, 1 Injured in Ohio Overpass Collapse
- Jan, 20, 2015
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Officials are reporting that one person died and another was injured Monday night when a bridge collapsed on an I-75 overpass in Cincinnati, Ohio. The collapse occurred around 10:30 last night. Offici...
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Brazilian Bridge Collapse Kills Two, Injures 19
- Jul, 07, 2014
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
An overpass under construction in Belo Horizonte, Brazil collapsed last Thursday killing two people and injuring 19 others. The bridge collapsed while vehicles were driving below the overpass and a co...
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27 Dead in Two India Building Collapses
- Jul, 01, 2014
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- New Dehli, India
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Two deadly building collapses occurred in India this past weekend claiming the lives of 27 people. There are still victims trapped in the rubble as well as people who are unaccounted for over the past...
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All Lanes Reopen After I-15 Bridge Fire
- May, 07, 2014
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Hesperia, California, United States
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Officials reopened southbound lanes of Interstate 15 in Hesperia, California on Wednesday morning after an overpass fire closed down the freeway for more than 24 hours. The northbound lanes were reope...
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