Collapsing Buildings and Roadways

Engineers say a large section of Wyoming highway where four Colorado family members plunged to their deaths might have totally collapsed in a matter of minutes.

It had been raining for hours Monday night when local authorities warned the Constantinides family, among others, about potential flood conditions near North Brush Creek Campground around midnight.

Not long afterward, the family's van drove into a washed-out portion of Wyoming highway 130 and was swept about 75 yards down Brush Creek. Laurel Constantindies and her three daughters died.

The husband and father, Alex Constantindies, who had grown up in Laramie, survived and escape the vehicle. He and a passerby later rescued Carbon County Emergency management Coordinator John Ziegler, whose car washed out while he was trying to assist in flood protection efforts.

Ziegler said he was "very fortunate" to have survived.

Bruce Burrows of the Wyoming Transportation Department says engineers are studying what happened to the roadway early Tuesday morning. He says preliminary assessments indicate the creek swollen with rain and snowmelt may have undermined the roadway over some hours and then gouged a 25-foot-wide, 9-foot-deep hole in a matter of minutes.

By Wilson Wong

Hundreds of Miami residents were forced from their eight-story condo building on Monday night after city officials determined the structure was unsafe.

The 137-unit building at 5050 NW Seventh St. was placed under an evacuation order, according to Miami building director Asael “Ace” Marrero, NBC Miami reported.

"We obviously don't feel that it's safe," he told the news station. "Structural integrity has been degraded by the contractor proceeding with the repairs that they were not authorized to do."

Image: A condo building at 5050 NW 7th Street in Miami has been deemed an unsafe structure and residents told to evacuate.

A condo building at 5050 NW Seventh St. in Miami has been deemed an unsafe structure. Residents were told to evacuate.WTVJ

Before the evacuation notice on Monday, city officials said the building had been placed on the unsafe structure list in May based .... The condominium was also found to be non-compliant with the city's recertification process.

On July 26, city officials, including Marrero, met with residents over concerns about the "condition of the building," according to the Miami Herald. City inspectors visited the building the next day and determined that the garage had to be closed because of structural concerns.

Officials told the newspaper that the property manager was asked to submit a plan to fix columns in the first floor of its building, but it never received such plans nor did the building apply for a work permit to do repairs.

On Thursday, the city said an engineer sent a letter to officials saying the “building was safe for current occupancy while the emergency repair work continued,” the Miami Herald reported.

Marrero said inspectors visited the property Monday and determined that the repair was "not adequate for the support" of its columns. The inspection, he said, prompted the city to order residents to vacate the building.

"We have a lot of elderly owners here that have no place to go," resident Dmidry Asanov said. "Some have Covid, some can’t walk."

The city is working with residents to help them with temporary housing, Marrero said.

The building was scheduled to be part of a hearing at a city unsafe structure panel on Aug. 20.

The building's condominium association did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday.

Since the partial collapse of Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida, which left 98 people dead, officials have sought to review the structural integrity of buildings. The tragedy spurred the city of Miami Beach to immediately order building inspections.

Last month, the Crestview Towers Condominium in North Miami Beach was evacuated after building officials determined it was unsafe. A fire was put out in the 156-unit building on Monday. Authorities said no injuries were immediately reported and the cause of the fire had not been determined.

Comment by Yvonne Lawson on May 27, 2024 at 7:43am: Horror as Dutch hospital car park collapses with emergency services saying they are unable to rule out casualties beneath the rubble

A Dutch hospital car park has collapsed with emergency services saying they are unable to rule out casualties beneath the rubble

A Dutch hospital car park has collapsed with emergency services saying they are unable to rule out casualties beneath the rubble.

Part of the parking garage at St. Antony hospital in the central Dutch city of Nieuwegein collapsed last night, emergency services said.

It was not immediately clear if any people were trapped under the rubble.

The regional security service said in a message on X that the ramps used by cars to drive between floors in the six-story building at the Saint Antonius hospital all fell.

'All the ramps have collapsed, not the parking places,' Kelly van Ruler, a spokeswoman for the Utrecht Security Region, told Dutch radio station NPO 1.

Van Ruler said authorities could not rule out casualties, but added that they did not immediately know of any.

She said firefighters and other emergency services were inspecting the building to establish if it was safe to enter.

The collapse happened after regular visiting hours at the hospital. which is near the central Dutch city of Utrecht.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13462655/Dutch-hospital-ca...

Comment by Derrick Johnson on December 12, 2023 at 5:30pm: No victims found in huge debris pile after corner of Bronx apartment building collapses

NEW YORK (AP) — Firefighters said they didn’t find anybody trapped in an enormous mound of rubble Monday after a corner of a seven-story Bronx apartment building collapsed, leaving apartments exposed like a stack of shelves and a convenience store partly buried under bricks and wood.

Firefighters spent hours searching a pile of debris that was 12 feet (3.6 meters) high in spots, the fire department reported on social media late Monday night. No victims were found but two people received minor injuries while evacuating the damaged building, the department said.

The proprietor of the ground floor shop said the people inside got out safely, city officials said.

During the search, firefighters used buckets, power tools and heavy equipment while officials kept a watchful eye on the portions of the building that remained standing.

“Our main objective is to get to the bottom of that pile,” Fire Department Chief of Department John Hodgens said at an earlier news conference. “We’ll be here until it’s down to the street level, just to make sure if there are any victims under there, hopefully we can get to them in time.”

Officials were looking into what caused the collapse, which happened at a 1927 building that had been undergoing facade repairs.

A worker at a nearby deli, Julian Rodriguez, said he was behind the counter when he heard people screaming about a building collapse.

“When I went outside, all you could see is the debris and a smoke cloud in the street,” said Rodriguez, 22. “And you could see inside the structure: people’s beds, their doors, closets, lights, everything. It was really scary.”

A corner of the building stood with its walls sheared off and floors sagging, with a heap of debris spilling out into the street. In one apartment, a bed stood feet away from the edge of a floor that now jutted out into the air; in another, art hanging on the wall was visible. Elsewhere, an armchair rested on a floor that tilted precariously down, like the top of a staved-in box.

One of the collapsed rooms appeared to be a child’s bedroom. A tiny pink jacket hung on a hook. Boxes of playthings and clothing were visible on cabinets that still stood on the remaining parts of the floor.

Firefighters shined bright lights into apartment windows from high ladders and used at least one drone to peer in. A search dog plied the pile, which included twisted and jumbled metal, apparently from scaffolding, and a robotic dog also headed into the debris.

Firefighters carted away rubble in buckets and used circular saws to cut through the collapsed scaffolding, and an excavator clawed through the rubble.

“We’re tunneling into that debris pile as safely as we can,” Hodgens said. “Firefighters right now are in a dangerous position. We don’t know what caused this corner of this building to come down. We don’t know if any of it is going to come down.”

A 2020 inspection found cracked brick and loose, damaged mortar on the building’s facade, Buildings Department records show. Commissioner Jimmy Oddo said Monday that work had started but he didn’t believe any workers were there at the time of the collapse.

“I want to be clear: Unsafe facade conditions is not the same as an unsafe building,” he said at the news conference. While the property had seven unresolved violations, they weren’t structural, he said.

Oddo said officials would scrutinize drawings pertaining to the collapsed area. The images were submitted as part of permitting for the facade work.

The phone rang unanswered at a possible number for the building’s owner.

Security camera video obtained by several news organizations showed people scattering off the sidewalk as debris rained down in a billowing cloud of dust.

A resident of the building’s sixth floor, Domingo Taveras Tejada, said he was slightly hurt in the panic of the escape.

“When I heard the collapse, I went running and I fell down the stairs. When I went outside, I saw the collapse,” the 32-year-old said.

Building resident Norma Arias told The New York Times she had just returned from buying cilantro at the bodega when she heard a loud boom in her first floor apartment and heard a neighbor scream, “Everybody get out. The building is coming down.”

Buildings Department records show the structure has nearly 50 apartments. Residents were being directed to a school to get help, and the city was parking buses near the building as a place to stay warm.

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This story has been corrected to show that the building is seven stories tall, not six stories tall.

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Associated Press writers Michael R. Sisak and Cedar Attanasio contributed.

https://apnews.com/article/bronx-building-collapse-nyc-f4d809615f7f...

Comment by Yvonne Lawson on April 19, 2023 at 10:17am: At least one dead and five injured in NYC parking garage collapse, as officials warn death and injury toll may 'change rapidly' and order neighbouring buildings to evacuate

At least one person has been killed and five others injured after a parking garage collapsed in Manhattan, leaving cars piled up amongst crumbled concrete on Tuesday afternoon.

The incident occurred at Enterprise Ann Parking at 57 Ann Street, between Nassau Street and William Street in lower Manhattan, near Wall Street.

The garage collapsed at 4:15pm, resulting in a huge emergency response.

A woman was heard screaming 'get out!' and images showed the top floor caved in with vehicles falling through broken concrete.

People were also trapped in the elevator shaft which caved in. City officials said that as a result the floors 'pancaked' on top of each other.

The cause of death of the deceased person has not been made public. Five people are being treated at a local hospital, FDNY Chief of Operations James Esposito said.

Residential apartments and businesses on the street have been told to evacuate until further notice.

'Injuries, deaths expected to change rapidly,' a fire official said.

Mayor Eric Adams told the media that a robotic dog also known as a Digidog was needed to go into the building because it was unstable.

'At this time this building is completely unstable and the chief - we do not want to send in someone until we can make sure the building is shored up,' the mayor added.

Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell, speaking at the scene, called the incident a 'structural collapse'.

Responding firefighters did enter the building upon arrival but retreated when the structure was deemed unstable.

A parking attendant, who was seen being taken from the scene with his leg wrapped in a bandage, told DailyMail.com that he had been 'telling them that something like this was going to happen.'

The building is owned by Abacus Bank, the only financial institution charged with mortgage fraud in the wake of the 2008 crash.

The location of the parking garage is close to New York City Hall. A press release advised residents to expect delays on the evening commute. Trains around the Fulton Street hub are moving at slower speeds.

City Council member Christopher Marte tweeted that there are 'a few people stuck in an elevator in the building.'

Don Mulligan was inside the hotel directly next to the garage when it collapsed.

'The evacuation was very orderly, they weren't rushing people, just went over the intercom and got everyone out,' he told DailyMail.com.

A witness described the sound of the crash as being an 'incredible noise.'

'I was wondering what that was so I went to the window and I just saw the top floor of this garage...just beginning to cave in and cars just following into this pit,' Erasmo Guerra told NBC New York.

Read more:  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11987439/Parking-garage-co...

Comment by Yvonne Lawson on January 8, 2023 at 2:49pm: 'We're sitting on an atom bomb': How picturesque Indian town is SINKING with huge cracks opening up in collapsing houses

A picturesque Indian town has become 'an atom bomb' as it is begins sinking with huge cracks opening up in collapsing houses.

Residents of Joshimath, in the Chamoli District of India, have had to evacuate their homes as a result of land subsidence in the local area.

The town which holds a population of around 25,000 has seen over 500 houses develop huge cracks as others began to sink over the past ten days.

Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has called for a detailed report from the district magistrate of Chamoli, Himanshu Khurana, which will decide if the 50 affected families are 'shifted' or rehabilitated.

Bachao Sangharsh Samiti, Convener of Joshimath, said: 'All of us are living on a ticking "atom bomb" that can explode at any moment.

'Cracks are also visible on the national highway, government schools. as well as hospital'

Officials from the NTPC have claimed that as the tunnels are now completely dry, the sinking is not due to their project.

Read more: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11606667/How-Indian-town-J...

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Comment by Tracie Crespo on November 17, 2022 at 1:43pm: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/building-collapses-in-kenya-s-...

Building collapses in Kenya's capital, killing three people

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI, Associated Press - Yesterday 7:23 AM

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — At least three people died when a building collapsed in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, authorities said Wednesday.

Kenya Building Collapse© Provided by The Associated Press

Six other people were rescued from the rubble and are being treated at a hospital in the Kasarani suburb, where the multi-story building is located.

The residential building was under construction and had shown signs of weakness including visible cracks before it collapsed, witnesses told local media.

Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja on Wednesday said the owner of the building should be arrested and charged with murder because the required construction permits had not been issued.

Local media reported that the owner is on the run.

Government officials had inspected the construction site and asked workers to leave earlier on Tuesday, a construction worker told the local Daily Nation newspaper. But the site foreman told the workers to continue, the newspaper reported.

Rescue workers gather at the scene of a building collapse in the Kasarani neighborhood of Nairobi, Kenya Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. Workers at the multi-story residential building that was under construction are feared trapped in the rubble and rescue operations have begun, but there was no immediate official word on any casualties. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)© Provided by The Associated Press

Building collapses are common in Nairobi, where housing is in high demand and unscrupulous developers often bypass regulations.

After eight buildings collapsed and killed 15 people in Kenya in 2015, the presidency ordered an audit of all the country’s buildings to see if they were up to code. The National Construction Authority found that 58% of the buildings in Nairobi were unfit for habitation.

Policemen patrol at the scene of a building collapse in the Kasarani neighborhood of Nairobi, Kenya Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. Workers at the multi-storey residential building that was under construction are feared trapped in the rubble and rescue operations have begun, but there was no immediate official word on any casualties. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)© Provided by The Associated Press

Personnel from the Kenya Defence Forces disaster response unit examine the scene of a building collapse in the Kasarani neighborhood of Nairobi, Kenya Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. Workers at the multi-storey residential building that was under construction are feared trapped in the rubble and rescue operations have begun, but there was no immediate official word on any casualties. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)© Provided by The Associated Press

Rescue workers from the Kenya Red Cross attend the scene of a building collapse in the Kasarani neighborhood of Nairobi, Kenya Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. Workers at the multi-storey residential building that was under construction are feared trapped in the rubble and rescue operations have begun, but there was no immediate official word on any casualties. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)© Provided by The Associated Press

Rescue workers and media gather at the scene of a building collapse in the Kasarani neighborhood of Nairobi, Kenya Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. Workers at the multi-story residential building that was under construction are feared trapped in the rubble and rescue operations have begun, but there was no immediate official word on any casualties. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)© Provided by The Associated Press

Personnel from the Kenya Defence Forces disaster response unit examine the scene of a building collapse in the Kasarani neighborhood of Nairobi, Kenya Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. Workers at the multi-story residential building that was under construction are feared trapped in the rubble and rescue operations have begun, but there was no immediate official word on any casualties. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)© Provided by The Associated Press

Comment by Tracie Crespo on August 10, 2021 at 3:16pm: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/hundreds-residents-told-evacua...

Hundreds of residents told to evacuate after Miami condo building deemed unsafe

Since the partial collapse of Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida, which left 98 people dead, officials have sought to review the structural integrity of buildings.

Aug. 10, 2021, 5:32 AM MDT / Updated Aug. 10, 2021, 6:27 AM MDT

By Wilson Wong

Hundreds of Miami residents were forced from their eight-story condo building on Monday night after city officials determined the structure was unsafe.

The 137-unit building at 5050 NW Seventh St. was placed under an evacuation order, according to Miami building director Asael “Ace” Marrero, NBC Miami reported.

"We obviously don't feel that it's safe," he told the news station. "Structural integrity has been degraded by the contractor proceeding with the repairs that they were not authorized to do."

A condo building at 5050 NW Seventh St. in Miami has been deemed an unsafe structure. Residents were told to evacuate.WTVJ

Before the evacuation notice on Monday, city officials said the building had been placed on the unsafe structure list in May based .... The condominium was also found to be non-compliant with the city's recertification process.

On July 26, city officials, including Marrero, met with residents over concerns about the "condition of the building," according to the Miami Herald. City inspectors visited the building the next day and determined that the garage had to be closed because of structural concerns.

Officials told the newspaper that the property manager was asked to submit a plan to fix columns in the first floor of its building, but it never received such plans nor did the building apply for a work permit to do repairs.

On Thursday, the city said an engineer sent a letter to officials saying the “building was safe for current occupancy while the emergency repair work continued,” the Miami Herald reported.

Marrero said inspectors visited the property Monday and determined that the repair was "not adequate for the support" of its columns. The inspection, he said, prompted the city to order residents to vacate the building.

"We have a lot of elderly owners here that have no place to go," resident Dmidry Asanov said. "Some have Covid, some can’t walk."

The city is working with residents to help them with temporary housing, Marrero said.

The building was scheduled to be part of a hearing at a city unsafe structure panel on Aug. 20.

The building's condominium association did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday.

Since the partial collapse of Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida, which left 98 people dead, officials have sought to review the structural integrity of buildings. The tragedy spurred the city of Miami Beach to immediately order building inspections.

Last month, the Crestview Towers Condominium in North Miami Beach was evacuated after building officials determined it was unsafe. A fire was put out in the 156-unit building on Monday. Authorities said no injuries were immediately reported and the cause of the fire had not been determined.

Comment by KM on July 16, 2021 at 9:28pm: https://www.rt.com/usa/529332-florida-building-roof-collapse/

Miami-area residential building evacuated after ROOF COLLAPSE (PHOTO)

Part of a roof of a residential building in Hialeah, Florida collapsed on July 15, 2021

A three-story apartment building in Hialeah, a city in Miami-Dade County, has been evacuated after a portion of its roof broke off and crashed on the ground outside. It is located some 15 miles from the collapsed Surfside condo.

Photos and videos circulating on social media on Thursday showed the debris along the side of the building, as rescue workers milled about.

“The building was evacuated and there are no occupants inside,” Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said, adding there were no reported injuries “at this time.”

This is the second Miami-Dade area residential complex to be evacuated this month, amid mounting concerns over building safety in the wake of the fatal collapse of a beachfront condominium in Surfside.

https://www.rt.com/usa/529332-florida-building-roof-collapse/

https://insiderpaper.com/residents-of-miami-apartment-building-evac...

Comment by Recall 15 on June 24, 2021 at 5:38pm: A video of the #Surfside Fl. Building collapse

The authorities have confirmed at least one deceased, more than 35 injured and 51 missing.

Via Telemundo News

https://twitter.com/i/status/1408083820583215108

Comment by Yvonne Lawson on June 24, 2021 at 10:42am: Building collapses on Collins Avenue near Miami Beach; hundreds of rescuers on scene

A high-rise building partially collapsed early Thursday morning on Collins Avenue in Surfside, according to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue. Dozens of rescue crews from the county and surrounding cities are on the scene.

The area around 88th Street and Collins and Harding avenues has been shut down. Dozens of fire engines and rescue vehicles are lining the streets. Officials have not said yet whether anyone is trapped or if there are any casulties.

Photos and video from the scene show piles of rubble from the collapse. It appears the collapse affected half of the tower.

“Over 80 MDFR units ... are on scene with assistance from municipal fire departments,” Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said in a statement on Twitter. The response included technical rescue teams.

Miami Beach police said the collapse happened at 8777 Collins Ave. That’s the address of the beachfront, 12-story Champlain Towers, with more than 100 condo units. The collapse happened around 2 a.m. Thursday.

The building is a block north of Miami Beach city limits. The town of Surfside runs along Collins Avenue, south of Bal Harbour. Condos and motels line Collins Avenue.

See more: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/miami-b...

Comment by Juan F Martinez on May 4, 2021 at 2:31pm: Mexico City rail overpass collapses onto road, killing at least 23

At least 23 people were killed and 65 were hospitalized when a railway overpass and train collapsed onto a busy road in Mexico City on Monday night, crushing cars under fallen carriages and rubble.

The authorities halted rescue efforts shortly after they began, saying there was a risk that more train parts and debris could slam down onto the road.

A video on local channel Milenio TV showed the structure plummeting onto a stream of cars near the Olivos station in the southeast of the city at around 10.30 p.m. local time, sending up clouds of dust.

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexico-city-metro-overpass-c...

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Aug. 10, 2021, 5:32 AM MDT / Updated Aug. 10, 2021, 6:27 AM MDT

"We have a lot of elderly owners here that have no place to go," resident Dmidry Asanov said. "Some have Covid, some can’t walk."

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