School gymnasium roof collapse kills 11 in China
A preliminary investigation found that construction workers illegally placed perlite on the roof of the gymnasium during construction of a teaching building adjacent to the gymnasium, reports say.
Major US highway collapses after tanker truck fire
The collapse took out four traffic lanes along an elevated section of the heavily travelled Interstate 95, though no injuries were immediately reported.
At least one dead, 5 injured in US parking structure collapse
Emergency personnel using robotic devices after firefighters were pulled back from the fallen structure due to unstable conditions checked the site for any further casualties.
Mudslide disrupts rescue of 53 missing in China mine collapse
The coal mine collapse in Inner Mongolia has killed at least two people and injured six.
India police charge 10 with homicide over bridge collapse that killed 135
Police have issued an arrest warrant for the boss of the company that managed the bridge and named him as the main accused.
12 rescued after building collapse in India, more feared trapped
At least 12 more people are feared trapped.
Building collapse in war-damaged Syria city kills 16
According to the interior ministry, the five-storey building was home to seven families.
India bridge collapse toll jumps to 134, criminal probe launched
Footage from just before the collapse showed a group of young men taking photos while others tried to rock the bridge from side to side.
Death toll climbs to five in central China building collapse
The commercial building in Changsha city, Hunan province – which housed apartments, a hotel and a cinema – caved in on Friday, sparking a massive response with hundreds of emergency workers.
Ministry gets cracking to breathe new life into site of 1993 condo tragedy
The housing and local government ministry has asked the EPU for an allocation of RM8.9 million for a takeover of the Highland Towers land from the Selangor government.
