A state fire captain remains in serious condition after she was injured when a building partially collapsed in the Sierra foothills community of Copperopolis, Calif. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said Monday that Capt. Sue Arrouzet, who …
An engineer says shoddy materials and construction techniques caused a fatal collapse at a building site in Brooklyn last week. Steve Schneider tells The Daily News that the contractor was using lighter gauge steel than required for the floor decking …
A small town in northwestern Indiana is cleaning up and trying to figure out what caused its 250,000-gallon water tower to collapse. Homes and businesses in the Newton County town of Goodland were without water service for about 10 hours …
City officials are warning that the old hospital building in Ketchikan is deteriorating and likely will collapse, perhaps as early as this winter if nothing is done. The City Council is expected Thursday to consider declaring the building a public …
Peruvian authorities say 134 homes have been destroyed and 103 people treated at hospitals for injuries in a 6.9-magnitude quake just off the central coast. Civil defense chief Alfredo Murgueytio tells The Associated Press most of the collapsed homes were …
Tennessee’s workplace safety agency has issued a report faulting construction at the Gatlinburg Wastewater Treatment plant where a wall collapsed, killing two workers. Thursday’s report from the Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration found the walls of a basin at …
A structural engineer and an insurance investigator will help determine why an 8-foot wall collapsed in a Michigan high school locker room, killing a 14-year-old student. Police said Williamston High School freshman Gabriel Corbett was buried under cement blocks from …
An Associated Press Television journalist says a 7-story building has collapsed two days after a powerful earthquake hit eastern Turkey. The building, with 46 apartments, collapsed on Tuesday in the city of Van. It was not known if anyone was …
A powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck mountainous eastern Turkey on Sunday, collapsing dozens of buildings into piles of twisted steel and chunks of concrete. Desperate survivors dug into the rubble with their bare hands, trying to rescue the trapped and injured. …
Federal safety regulators are investigating a construction accident in southern New Jersey that sent five workers to hospitals. The roof collapsed at a Quick Chek construction site in Berkeley Township Wednesday. Detective Sgt. James Smith told the Asbury Park Press …