No casualties reported. Peerumade panchayat secretary says building owner had obtained a valid construction permit
While the structure was completely destroyed, a family living in a nearby house had a narrow escape
The building collapsed on a canteen where doctors preparing for tests such as NEET-PG and FMGE were having food on Saturday evening; residents say illegal construction continued despite a notice issued against it, and that the MCD had even told the court that the construction had been stopped.
Rescue operations under way; building was partly under construction, the officials said
James Bernardo, 30, was delivering food on Teodoro street in Angeles City in the Philippines when a nine-storey building under construction on the opposite side of the road collapsed behind him. “What I heard behind me sounded like an aeroplane landing. The sound was unlike anything normal. When I looked at my side mirror and then turned around, what I saw were pylons falling and power lines sparking,” Bernardo told This Week in Asia. In just seconds, the structure had morphed into a twisted...
Recovery efforts begin after building collapse in city of Angeles, near Manila, kills at least four people.
A search operation has so far rescued 24 people with no deaths reported at the site, in a city near the capital Manila.
Nineteen people are feared trapped after a building under construction near Manila collapsed early on Sunday, a local government official said. Officials in Angeles City, around 80km (50 miles) north of the Philippine capital, said they had received a report at about 3am that an unfinished nine-storey concrete building had given way. City information officer Jay Pelayo said that the building’s walls and scaffolding had buckled, likely trapping people in a pile of debris. While there were no...
At least four people were killed and six others injured when a four-storey building collapsed overnight in the Moroccan city of Fez, about 200km (124 miles) east of Rabat, local authorities said on Thursday. State media 2M had said 11 people were killed before issuing an official correction. Authorities said a search for others who might still be buried was ongoing. Local media showed footage of rescuers and residents digging through the rubble. An investigation has been launched into the...