Police in Bangladesh took five people into custody in connection with the collapse of a shoddily-constructed building that killed at least 348 people, as rescue workers admitted Saturday that voices of survivors are getting weaker after four days of being …
Authorities on Thursday blamed faulty construction for the collapse of a five-story building in Ghana’s capital that killed at least four people and trapped dozens of others until they were freed by crews picking through broken concrete with axes. The …
Strong thunderstorms dumping as much as 4 inches of rain have flooded streets, trapped drivers and collapsed buildings in Dallas. The storms rolled over the city on Saturday night. National Weather Service meteorologist Jesse Moore says some areas got as …
Italian authorities say a powerful earthquake has killed at least 15 people and others may be missing in the latest deadly temblor to hit northern Italy. The Tuesday morning quake had a 5.8 magnitude, rocking one of Italy’s most productive …
Federal officials say a New York City contractor didn’t ensure a building under construction was stable before it collapsed and killed a worker and hurt four others last fall. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited SP&K Construction Monday with …
Firefighters remain at a large abandoned factory in Waterbury, Conn., that continues to smolder two days after the fire started. The fire that began Saturday evening gutted the former Nova Dye & Print Corp. on Mill Street and caused much …
Officials say they are searching for a construction worker who’s believed to be trapped in rubble after a one-story commercial building collapsed in Upper Manhattan. Fire officials say three people were initially trapped in the 7:51 a.m. mishap at West …
A report finds that a building that collapsed and killed 115 people during last year’s New Zealand earthquake did not meet construction standards. The six-story Canterbury Television (CTV) building in Christchurch fell into a smoldering heap during the magnitude-6.1 earthquake …
A construction worker has been killed in the collapse of a building in the West Tennessee town of Greenfield. City Fire Chief Bob Dudley said the structure on Front Street crumbled at about 9:30 a.m. Monday, killing a man who …
Firefighters have pulled three workers out of the rubble of a New York City construction collapse. The Fire Department of New York says five people were injured in the collapse at the five-story building in Brooklyn. One person is in …