Tag: collapsed

More information on building that collapsed in Junction City

More information on building that collapsed in Junction City JUNCTION CITY (KSNT) – On Friday, June 28, a vacant building collapsed in downtown Junction City during a severe storm. This happened in the 600 block of Washington St. Geary Co. Emergency Management received a call during the height of the storm about a collapse. The […]

Route 291 reopens in Independence after road crews inspect collapsed mine

Route 291 in Independence reopened to drivers Saturday morning after a partially collapsed mine forced its closure this week. The highway is built over a mine that developed a new crack Thursday. The road closed as a precaution for crews to evaluate any damage, the Missouri Department of Transportation said. The section from Truman Road […]

8 injured after porch collapsed in New Jersey: officials

NEWARK, N.J. (PIX11) — Several people were injured after a porch staircase collapsed in Newark, N.J., on Sunday, according to officials. The porch fell at a home on Kearny Street, injuring eight adults, around 6:30 p.m., according to officials. More New Jersey News The victims were taken to the hospital to be treated for minor […]

The case against Israel has just collapsed

By rights, this should be the moment that the humanitarian case against Israel’s campaign in Gaza goes into terminal collapse. From now on, there can be no equivocation. Those who persist in opposing the war based on the number of civilian casualties are either ignorant or arguing in bad faith. Or both. Earlier this month, […]

South Africa ends rescue efforts at building that collapsed killing 33 people

An exhaustive rescue operation to find missing construction workers trapped in the rubble of a collapsed building in South Africa will end on Friday after nearly two weeks and with 19 people still unaccounted for, authorities said. At least 33 people have been confirmed dead after the collapse of the unfinished five-story apartment complex in […]

Trapped in hell under collapsed building but pulled out alive

Pinned under the rubble of a five-storey apartment block that collapsed in South Africa’s coastal city of George, electrician Delvin Safers was trapped next to the motionless, silent body of his colleague. He was dead. Mr Safers was terrified. But most of all, at that moment, he was sad for the man who had become […]