A rescue operation is underway for people trapped in the rubble after a crane collapsed during the building of a bridge in India killing at least 17 construction workers. Rescue teams are searching for missing survivors at the site in the town
Eleven people have been killed when a roof collapsed at a middle school gym in China. The last victim was pulled from the wreckage on Monday after the structure caved in on Sunday in the city of Qiqihar. Xinhua News Agency said
A family’s life is being made a misery as a result of a massive pile of rubble dumped next to their bungalow after the demolition of a neighbourhood pub almost 12 months ago. Paul and Jude Tranter purchased their home, in Hollington
A body has been recovered from the rubble of a parking garage which collapsed in New York, city officials have said. Initial reports did not confirm whether the body was that of the missing garage worker who was presumed dead after the
An explosion that collapsed a residential building in France’s port city of Marseille early Sunday has rescuers racing to find any victims trapped under the debris as a fire burned beneath the rubble. The five-story building collapsed just before 1 a.m., and
Seven people have died after a chocolate factory explosion tore through a US town this weekend. A massive blast rocked the plant on Friday, destroying part of the building and trapping victims under rubble. Now two days later, all the bodies of
The man who died after becoming trapped in his home following a gas explosion in Swansea has been named. Brian Davies, 68, was killed in the blast on Monday, March 13, in Morrison. Mr Davies has been formally named by police after
A horse has been discovered alive in the rubble of a building three weeks after Turkey’s devastating earthquake in a remarkable tale of survival. The horse was found by rescue workers who were clearing debris in the city of Adiyaman on Monday.
A baby girl born beneath the rubble of her family’s collapsed home in Syria has been adopted by an aunt and uncle after her parents were killed in the devastating earthquake. The tiny survivor had been in hospital since the February 6
Mr al Sawadi said the child is “one of my children now”. He added that he would not “differentiate between her and my children” and explained she would keep the memory of her deceased family members alive. He said: “She will be