Thursday, January 1, 2015

2014 - DEC - Infrastructure Collapse




2014-12-31 - Apartment building partially collapses in Pico Rivera (California), 30 people displaced:
http://abc7.com/news/pico-rivera-apartment-building-partially-collapses/456764/
http://usa24.mobi/news/pico-rivera-apartment-building-partially-collapses
http://inlanddaily.com/pico-rivera-apartment-building-partially-collapses/

2014-12-30 - Wall collapses at Morton Salt building, salt pours onto cars, in Chicago (Illinois):
http://news.yahoo.com/cars-buried-salt-storage-wall-collapse-210121328.html
http://ksn.com/2014/12/30/cars-buried-in-salt-after-morton-storage-collapse/
http://www.timesunion.com/news/us/article/Cars-buried-in-salt-after-storage-wall-collapse-5985749.php
http://newsok.com/cars-buried-in-salt-after-morton-storage-collapse/article/feed/778651
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/12/30/wall-collapses-at-morton-factory-burying-cars-in-salt-at-nearby-dealership/

Note: Vehicular a-salt!

2014-12-29 - Scaffolding collapses at school in Beijing (China), 10 killed, 4 injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=AC-20141229-46486-CHN
http://wbay.com/ap/scaffold-collapse-at-beijing-school-kills-10/
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/12/29/5412254/scaffold-collapse-at-top-beijing.html
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/scaffold-collapse-beijing-school-kills-10-27869728
http://article.wn.com/view/2014/12/29/Scaffold_collapse_at_Beijing_school_kills_10_6/

2014-12-27 - Three-story building partially collapses into pile of rubble, buries some cars, in Cincinnati (Ohio):
http://www.wlwt.com/news/man-reflects-on-being-buried-in-rubble-after-saturdays-building-collapse/30431876
http://www.fox19.com/story/27715966/building-partially-collapses-downtown-people-evacuate
http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2014/12/27/downtown-cincinnati-building-collapse/20957207/
http://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/hamilton-county/cincinnati/downtown/building-partially-collapses-on-w-court-street-near-elm-street
http://www.msn.com/en-us/video/us/man-recalls-moment-building-collapsed-onto-his-car/vp-d8db1218-3df5-44e3-a3d7-62034ee17c76

Quote: "Some of the cars next to the building were buried because of rubble."

2014-12-27 - Apartment building partially collapses in Perrysville area of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), 6 families evacuated:
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2014/12/27/6-families-displaced-after-apartment-building-collapses/

2014-12-26 - Road collapses in Williamston (South Carolina):
http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/27712906/partially-collapsed-road-causes-williamston-traffic-problem

2014-12-25 - Building under construction collapses in Abuja (Nigeria), 3 killed, 3 injured:
http://www.nairaland.com/2061630/christmas-tragedy-landslide-kills-3
http://www.naijadivaexpress.org/2014/12/xmas-tragedy-3-die-in-building-collapse.html
http://www.naija.io/blogs/p/1237330/xmas-tragedy-building-collapse-kills-three-in-abuja
http://www.wildentertainmentblog.com/2014/12/xmas-tragedy-building-collapse-kills.html
http://www.cliqloaded.com/2014/12/christmas-tragedy-collapse-building-kills-3-in-abuja-injures-3-others/

2014-12-25 - Building collapses on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), 2 killed:
http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2014/12/25/72675
http://latestbanglanews.com/english-news-from-bangladesh/english-news-from-bangladesh-2/2-bangladeshis-killed-in-malaysia-building-collapse/

2014-12-25 - Vacant silk mill collapses in Buffalo (New York):
http://www.kmbc.com/national/abandoned-factory-collapses-in-buffalo-ny/30400306
http://www.keyt.com/news/abandoned-factory-collapses-in-buffalo-ny/30400306
http://www.wkbw.com/news/third-buffalo-building-suffers-partial-collapse

2014-12-24 - Duplex partially collapses in Olney section of Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), 2 injured:
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2014/12/24/family-displaced-after-partial-building-collapse-in-olney/
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Several-Trapped-After-Home-Partially-Collapses-286815291.html
http://www.myfoxphilly.com/story/27705426/building-partially-collapses-in-olney
http://www.myfoxchicago.com/story/27705426/building-partially-collapses-in-olney
http://philadelphia.gotnewswire.com/news/family-displaced-after-partial-building-collapse-in-olney

2014-12-24 - Manufacturing building partially collapses in Syracuse (New York):
http://www.cnycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=1140649

2014-12-24 - Pipeline ruptures and spews oil near the Black Sea in coastal Tuapse (Russia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=ED-20141224-46435-RUS

2014-12-23 - Oil rig loses power in the North Sea, non-essential personnel evacuated:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=PW-20141223-46419-OTH

2014-12-23 - Hole opens in bridge over the Great Pee Dee River near Florence (South Carolina):
http://www.abcnews4.com/story/27696534/hole-in-pee-dee-bridge-closes-lane-on-i-95-north

2014-12-22 - Bridge deteriorating and closed in Laclede County (Missouri):
http://www.ozarksfirst.com/story/d/story/deteriorating-bridge-closed-down-on-route-66/35155/ELsPb4Ut-0qqGJPKKit3MA

2014-12-21 - Third building in three weeks evacuated because of imminent collapse in Vienna (Austria):
http://www.thelocal.at/20141221/third-building-evacuated-as-collapse-feared
http://safetyphoto.co.uk/safety_news/third-building-evacuated-as-collapse-feared-austria/

Quote: "For a third time in as many weeks, an apartment building in Vienna has had to be evacuated by rescue services due to fears of its imminent collapse..."

2014-12-21 - Two-story building collapses in Chandni Mahal, Old Delhi (India), 1 killed, 4 injured:
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/449312/labourers-corpse-pulled-sundays-building.html
http://article.wn.com/view/2014/12/23/Labourers_corpse_pulled_out_of_Sundays_building_collapse_deb/
http://www.groundtruths.com/index.php/2014/12/22/four-injured-as-building-collapses-in-old-delhi/
http://www.htsyndication.com/htsportal/article/Four-injured-as-building-collapses-in-Old-Delhi/6310531

2014-12-20 - Home collapses in Qalioubiya (Egypt), 2 killed, 2 injured:
http://www.tnnegypt.com/two-dead-in-qalioubiya-building-collapse/

Quote: "The incident is reminiscent of a similar event that took place in November, where 15 people died when an eight-story building collapsed in the western Cairo suburb of Matariya."

2014-12-19 - Building under construction collapses in Henan Province (China), 5 killed, 9 injured:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-12/20/c_133867631.htm
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/national/5-dead-9-injured-in-China-building-collapse/shdaily.shtml
http://en.ce.cn/main/latest/201412/20/t20141220_4166711.shtml
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2014-12/20/content_19131783.htm
http://english.cri.cn/12394/2014/12/20/3961s857503_2.htm
http://www.newswits.com/2014/12/20/5-dead-9-injured-in-china-building-collapse.html
http://myinforms.com/en-us/a/8777410-5-dead-9-injured-in-china-building-collapse/

2014-12-17 - Five-story residential building collapses in Nairobi (Kenya), at least 6 killed, 11 injured:
http://www.ubalert.com/4MRb
http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Six-die-in-Nairobi-building-collapse-20141218
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-2879213/Six-die-Nairobi-building-collapse.html
http://allafrica.com/stories/201412190074.html
http://nairobinews.co.ke/update-makongeni-building-collapse-death-toll-reaches-four/
http://www.nation.co.ke/counties/nairobi/Death-toll-Makongeni-building-collapse-rises-4/-/1954174/2560624/-/11k2gpjz/-/index.html
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/dec/17/kenya-building-collapses-search-for-survivors/
http://www.nation.co.ke/counties/nairobi/building-collapses-Kaloleni-Nairobi/-/1954174/2559322/-/u3bxfez/-/index.html
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/12/17/rescue-teams-search-for-survivors-in-nairobi-after-5-story-building-collapses/

2014-12-17 - Fort Calhoun Nuclear Generating Station unexpectedly shuts down in Nebraska, 'non-emergency event':
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=NC-20141218-46367-USA

2014-12-17 - Transformer issue blacks out 1000 buildings in coastal West Haven (Connecticut):
http://www.nhregister.com/general-news/20141217/1000-lose-power-in-west-haven-high-school-dismisses-early
http://myinforms.com/en-us/a/8688089-transformer-issue-knocks-out-power-to-1000-in-west-haven-high-school-dismissing-early/

2014-12-16 - Vacant building collapses in Syracuse (New York):
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2014/12/vacant_building_collapses_in_syracuse.html
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2014/12/vacant_building_that_collapsed_in_syracuse_to_be_demolished_fire_chief_says.html
http://centralny.twcnews.com/content/news/793311/emergency-crews-respond-to-partial-building-collapse-in-syracuse/

2014-12-16 - Silos collapse on barge in the Hudson River near new Tappan Zee bridge site (New York):
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/2014/12/16/tappan-zee-bridge-plant-shutdown/20482309/
http://albany.twcnews.com/content/news/793270/silos-collapse-at-new-tappan-zee-bridge-site--work-on-concrete-batch-plant-stopped/
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Collapsed-Silos-Tappan-Zee-Bridge-Hudson-River-285995961.html
http://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/tappan-zee-bridge/2014/12/17/tz-bridge-builder-continues-investigate-disaster-one-concrete-plants/20536765/

2014-12-16 - Tunnel collapses at hydro plant in Lam Dong Province (Vietnam), 12 people trapped:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=LS-20141216-46347-VNM

2014-12-15 - Two homes collapse in Asyut Governorate (Egypt), at least 6 killed:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=AC-20141215-46338-EGY

2014-12-15 - Many federal government buildings lose power due to electrical problems in coastal Washington DC:
http://www.wjla.com/articles/2014/12/blown-transformer-knocks-out-power-to-buildings-in-d-c-causes-small-fire-at-opm-109812.html
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/lights-go-out-briefly-white-house_821336.html
http://www.news.nom.co/blown-transformer-knocks-out-power-14186628-news/
http://www.wopular.com/blown-transformer-takes-out-power-us-buildings-2
http://washington.cityandpress.com/node/8827592

2014-12-14 - Chunk of bridge collapses onto I-40 in Midwest City (Oklahoma):
http://www.koco.com/news/partial-bridge-collapse-on-interstate-40-over-se-29th-street/30230144

2014-12-13 - Kindergarten building collapses in coastal Hebei Province (China), 3 killed, 3 injured:
http://www.punchng.com/news/three-children-die-in-china-building-collapse/
http://www.wral.com/3-kindergartners-die-in-building-collapse-in-china/14277909/
http://www.elpasotimes.com/juarez/ci_27132827/3-kindergartners-die-building-collapse-china
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/kindergartners-die-building-collapse-china-27583684
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2014/12/three-children-die-china-building-collapse-201412141584337796.html
http://www.omaha.com/news/world/kindergartners-die-in-building-collapse-in-china/article_bd06137c-a768-5977-b56a-e9e34be19227.html
http://www.stltoday.com/news/world/kindergartners-die-in-building-collapse-in-china/article_157f9be4-7804-59ca-a503-21c03a5cadec.html

2014-12-13 - Bridge over the River Tuipui collapses in south Mizoram (India), 1 killed, 9 injured:
http://www.news.nom.co/one-killed-9-injured-in-bridge-14148513-news/
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/one-killed-9-injured-in-bridge-collapse-114121300332_1.html
http://kanglaonline.com/newsfeed/2014/12/one-killed-9-injured-in-bridge-collapse-in-south-mizoram-economic-times-6/
http://kanglaonline.com/newsfeed/2014/12/1-killed-9-hurt-in-bridge-collapse-the-echo-of-india/
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/one-killed-9-injured-in-bridge-collapse-in-south-mizoram/articleshow/45504682.cms

2014-12-13 - Major power outages hit Jersey City (New Jersey):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=PW-20141213-46317-USA

2014-12-12 - Pedestrian bridge collapses in Çorum (Turkey), 1 injured:
http://www.todayszaman.com/national_bridge-collapse-injures-one-in-corum_300432.html

2014-12-11 - Large section of roof collapses at grocery store in coastal San Jose (California):
http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/story/27609756/fire-units-at-scene-of-reported-roof-collapse-at-san-jose-safeway
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/12/11/roof-partially-collapses-at-safeway-in-east-san-jose-supermarket-capitol-expressway/

2014-12-11 - Large building partially collapses in Holyoke (Massachusetts), entire city block evacuated:
http://wwlp.com/2014/12/11/partial-building-collapse-at-essex-house-in-holyoke/
http://www.holyoke.org/news/partial-building-collapse-on-high-street/
http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2014/12/holyoke_essex_house_on_in_part.html
http://www.cbs3springfield.com/story/27605659/crews-responding-to-partial-building-collapse-in-holyoke
http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2014/12/it_felt_like_an_earthquake_say.html

Quote: "An entire city block in downtown Holyoke has been evacuated, due to the collapse of a multi-story section of the former Essex House hotel."

2014-12-11 - Building partially collapses, parapet falls off onto street, in Portland (Oregon):
http://www.kptv.com/story/27609160/building-partially-collapses-in-northwest-portland
http://www.kptv.com/story/27618536/partial-building-collapse-in-nw-portland-captured-by-surveillance-camera

2014-12-11 - Bridge collapses, dumps car into water, in Milburn (Canada), on Prince Edward Island, sinkhole opens separately:
http://www.peicanada.com/news/article_715b96aa-8176-11e4-aa15-87812fce9150.html
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/car-falls-water-bridge-collapses-162153165.html
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/car-falls-into-water-after-bridge-collapses-1.2869740
http://catimes.net/regional/prince-edward-island/car-falls-into-water-after-bridge-collapses/

Quote: "Almost an hour after the Milburn bridge collapse, police responded after a vehicle got stuck in a sink hole that had developed on Route 175 in Tyne Valley."

2014-12-10 - Hole opens in Crutcho Creek Bridge on I-40 in Midwest City (Oklahoma):
http://www.koco.com/news/eastbound-i40-narrowed-near-sunnylane-due-to-hole-in-bridge/30161938?absolute=true

2014-12-09 - Government building under construction collapses in Pyongyang (North Korea), 80 killed:
https://www.ubalert.com/k2Rb
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=AC-20141209-46264-PRK
http://www.nknews.org/2014/12/japan-times-north-korea-military-building-collapses/

2014-12-09 - Wall collapses onto children at school in Huaibei (China), 5 killed:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=AC-20141209-46265-CHN

2014-12-09 - Stone Bridge rapidly deteriorating in Tiverton (Britain):
http://www.heraldnews.com/article/20141209/NEWS/141206748

Quote: "The bad news is that the Stone Bridge abutment continues to deteriorate at a pace quicker than anyone anticipated..."

2014-12-09 - Apartment building (another one) about to collapse in Vienna (Austria), building evacuated:
http://www.thelocal.at/20141209/another-house-close-to-collapse

2014-12-08 - Three-story building under construction collapses in Randfontein (South Africa):
http://www.enca.com/south-africa/building-collapses-randfontein
http://ewn.co.za/2014/12/09/Probe-into-Randfontein-building-collapse-underway
http://randfonteinherald.co.za/170505/none-injured-building-collapse/
http://newshost.co/2014/12/09/probe-into-randfontein-building-collapse-underway/

2014-12-08 - Trolley bridge over the Clackamas River about to collapse near Gladstone (Oregon):
http://www.kgw.com/story/local/2014/12/08/12614816/

2014-12-07 - Building collapses in coastal Baltimore (Maryland):
http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2014/12/07/fire-crews-search-for-potential-victim-in-balt-building-collapse/
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-roof-collapse-20141207-story.html
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bal-video-person-trapped-building-collapse-20141207-premiumvideo.html
http://www.topix.com/baltimore/2014/12/man-trapped-in-vacant-building-collapse

Note: A man was fleeing the cops and jumped onto the building, which then collapsed onto him...

2014-12-07 - Building partially collapses in Logan Square in Chicago (Illinois), near Lake Michigan, 1 injured:
http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20141208/logan-square/worker-injured-logan-square-construction-collapse

2014-12-06 - Restaurant under construction collapses in coastal Accra (Ghana), at least 1 killed, 12 injured:
http://accracitytimes.com/2014/12/08/cantonments-building-collapses-kills-1-injures-12/
http://www.citifmonline.com/2014/12/07/one-person-trapped-in-a-collapsed-building/
http://www.ghana-news.adomonline.com/news/2014/December-7th/restaurant-building-collapse-leaves-one-dead.php
http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=338223

2014-12-06 - Building under construction collapses in Chicago (Illinois), near Lake Michigan:
http://chicago.everyblock.com/announcements/dec06-building-collapse-today-2500-block-n-sacramento-6549386/

2014-12-06 - Building starts collapsing, evacuated, in Vienna (Austria):
http://www.thelocal.at/20141206/house-collapsing-in-viennas-main-shopping-street

2014-12-05 - Tunnel under construction collapses in coastal Fujian Province (China), 21 workers trapped:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=LS-20141205-46226-CHN

2014-12-05 - Fire escape collapses at apartment building on Spring Street in Hartford (Connecticut), 1 injured:
http://foxct.com/2014/12/05/woman-injured-after-fire-escape-collapses-in-hartford/

2014-12-04 - Callaway Nuclear Generating Station experiences sudden shutdown, electrical problem, near Fulton (Missouri):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=NC-20141205-46227-USA

2014-12-04 - Building collapses near the Tbilisi Sea in Tbilisi (Georgia), 1 killed, 9 injured:
http://rustavi2.com/en/news/4798

Quote: "One dead and nine injured as a result of the collapse of building in Tbilisi. The wall of the residential complex 'Olympic Star' has collapsed near the Tbilisi sea. The victims are citizens of China. They have been transferred to different hospitals."

2014-12-04 - Pier collapses in coastal Portland (Maine), boats and pickup damaged, 1 injured:
http://www.wmtw.com/news/pier-collapse-injures-1-property-damaged/30055920

2014-12-04 - Major power outage hits Quebec (Canada), 188,000 homes go dark:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=PW-20141205-46224-CAN

2014-12-03 - Largest nuclear plant in Europe and 5th largest in the world has problems in Ukraine, near the Dnieper River:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=NC-20141203-46207-UKR
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/03/ukraine-nuclear-plant-accident_n_6260390.html

2014-12-03 - Building collapses near downtown Raleigh (North Carolina):
http://myfox8.com/2014/12/04/building-collapses-in-raleigh/
http://www.wncn.com/story/27543626/building-collapses-near-downtown-raleigh
http://www.wate.com/story/27543626/building-collapses-near-downtown-raleigh
http://www.wjtv.com/story/27543626/building-collapses-near-downtown-raleigh
http://abc11.com/news/building-collapses-in-raleigh/421638/
http://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/27543626/building-collapses-near-downtown-raleigh
http://www.nbc12.com/story/27543626/building-collapses-near-downtown-raleigh

2014-12-03 - Bridge under construction over the River Narmada collapses in Madhya Pradesh (India), 15+ injured:
http://news.webmarked.net/labourers-rescued-from-under-debris-after-bridge-collapses-in-mp/
https://in.news.yahoo.com/labourers-trapped-under-debris-bridge-collapses-hoshangabad-115414274.html
http://www.news18.com/news/madhya-pradesh/seoni-malwa-40-labourers-feared-trapped-as-an-under-construction-bridge-collapses-650843.html

2014-12-02 - Massive power outage hits downtown Detroit (Michigan), schools, hospitals, traffic lights and more go dark:
http://www.wxyz.com/news/widespread-power-outage-affecting-buildings-in-downtown-detroit
http://online.wsj.com/articles/power-outage-hits-downtown-detroit-1417539066

2014-12-02 - Building collapses in Walton-on-the-Hill (Britain), 1 killed:
http://www.surreymirror.co.uk/Man-killed-building-collapse-Walton-Hill/story-25086214-detail/story.html
http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/man-killed-farm-building-collapse-8219521

2014-12-02 - Wall collapses at building site in the Isle of Dogs in coastal London (Britain), 1 killed:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-30308694
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/man-dies-after-wall-collapses-on-him-at-building-site-on-isle-of-dogs-9899975.html

2014-12-01 - Auto shop collapses in Sacramento (California):
http://www.kcra.com/news/local-news/news-sacramento/police-roof-of-west-sac-building-collapses/30002710

2014-12-01 - Building partially collapses onto parked cars in coastal Durban (South Africa):
http://www.timeslive.co.za/thetimes/2014/12/01/brick-fall-off-building-crushing-cars

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