SCOTLAND – A Glasgow Union Street fire Sunday night resulted to a historic building collapse, according to local reports on Monday. The blaze started in a shop on Union Street and later spread to buildings surrounding Glasgow Central Station. A Victorian-era building surrounding the railway station collapsed after the fire spread. As of Monday morning, […]
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Death Toll from Tripoli Building Collapse in Lebanon Rises to 9
LEBANON – The death toll from the city of Tripoli building collapse in northern Lebanon rose to 9, according to authorities on Sunday. The five-story building collapsed earlier in the day in Tripoli’s Bab al-Tabbaneh neighborhood. Search and rescue operations are continuing at the site. Imad Khreich, director general of the Lebanese Civil Defense, told […]
Damaged Gaza Buildings Collapse Killing 4
PALESTINE – Damaged Gaza buildings collapsed on Monday night killing 4 Palestinians and injuring several others, according to the Palestinian civil defense on Tuesday. The buildings collapsed due to heavy rainfall and strong winds driven by a low-pressure weather system that began affecting the region Monday evening. The victims included an elderly man, a child, […]
Building Collapse in Gaza Kills 1
PALESTINE – A woman was on Sunday December 28 killed and several of her family members injured after a building collapsed in Gaza due to storms. Medical sources said that the wall of a home that was damaged in past Israeli attacks fell upon the tent of a 30-year-old woman in the Al-Rimal neighborhood of […]
Israeli Army Airstrikes in Gaza Strip Kills 3
PALESTINE – At least 3 Palestinians were on Sunday Dec. 21, killed and several others injured after Israeli army launched air attacks across Gaza Strip according to medics. An Israeli drone dropped a bomb on a group of residents in Shujaiyya, killing 1. Another 2 were killed in the same neighborhood when an Israeli drone […]
Two Residential Buildings Collapsed in Morocco Killing 19
MOROCCO – At least 19 people were killed and 16 others injured after 2 residential buildings collapsed in Morocco early on Wednesday morning. Citing local authorities, the official news agency MAP reported that two adjacent four-story buildings, housing eight families, collapsed in the Al-Massira neighborhood of Fes. The injured were taken to University Hospital Center […]
Latest Update: Indonesia School Building Collapse Death Toll Rises to 14
INDONESIA – As of Friday, the death toll from the Indonesian school building collapse had risen to 14, as rescue teams battled to rescue dozens of students trapped under the rubble. The number of victims recorded is 167, of which 104 have been found and are safe, said Abdul Muhari, head of the Disaster Data, […]
Indonesian School Building Collapse Traps Over 90 Students
INDONESIA – At least 91 students are trapped under the rubble in Indonesia after a school building collapse that left at least 3 dead on Tuesday. The incident occurred in an Islamic boarding school in Indonesia’s East Java province. The National Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB) revised its earlier estimate of 38 missing people, saying […]