#building-collapse

Man found alive after 60 hours in China landslide

A migrant worker was pulled out alive Wednesday after he was buried for more than 60 hours in a massive landslide that swept through part of a major manufacturing city in southern China. The landslide, which struck early on Sunday, engulfed more than 30 buildings in an industrial district. More than 70 people are still missing from the landslide that happened Sunday when a mountain of…

20 killed, dozens injured in a factory collapse

At least 20 people have been killed and more than 75 others injured after a factory collapsed in the industrial area of Lahore, in Pakistan’s east. According to police officials, ten dead bodies have so far been recovered from the rubble while rescue operation is still underway. Muhammad Usman, a local administrator, said about 150 workers, including the owner of the factory, were at the…

Chennai Building Collapse: 17 killed, 40 feared trapped under the debris …

Chennai: Seventeen people have died and around 40 are still feared trapped under the debris of an 11-storey under-construction building that collapsed near Chennai on Saturday.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Sunday evening said there were around 72 workers in the 11-storey building at the time of the collapse, of which 21 have been rescued so far.

The National Disaster Response…