Tag: collapse

Guitarist Carlos Santana Collapses on Stage While Performing in Michigan

Veteran guitarist Carlos Santana collapsed on stage at a concert in Michigan on Tuesday after he suffered from heat exhaustion and dehydration, according to his website. The 74-year-old musician passed out while performing at the outdoor Pine Knob Music Theater, about 40 miles northwest of Detroit, the statement said. Santana was immediately taken to the emergency…


1 Firefighter Dead After Philadelphia Building Collapse

PHILADELPHIA—One firefighter has died after being trapped in a building that caught fire in Philadelphia and then collapsed early Saturday, fire officials said. The fallen firefighter was not immediately identified, but Deputy Fire Commissioner Craig Murphy said he was a 27-year department veteran. The building had caught fire just before 2 a.m. Saturday, Murphy said….


Building Collapse Kills at Least 6 in Cairo

A building collapsed early on Friday in the Egyptian capital of Cairo killed six people, authorities said, as rescuers at the scene searched through the rubble. It was not immediately known what caused the collapse. The city’s deputy governor, Ibrahim Abdel-Hadi, said in a statement released by the Interior Ministry that one family of six…


Death Toll in Southwestern Iran Tower Collapse Rises to 41

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—The death toll in the collapse of a building in southwestern Iran rose Monday to at least 41, state media reported, two weeks after the disaster struck. Ehsun Abbaspour, the governor of the city of Abadan, gave the figure based on an official report, state television said. The May 23 collapse at…


Death Toll in Iran Building Collapse Rises to at Least 38

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—The death toll in a catastrophic tower collapse in southwestern Iran rose to at least 38 on Sunday, state TV reported, as emergency workers pulled another body from the rubble amid fears still more could be trapped in the destruction. It’s unclear how many more people remain unaccounted for in the collapse…


Two Workers Die After Being Buried in a 60-foot Coal Pile Collapse at Colorado Plant

By Shelly Bradbury and Kieran Nicholson From The Denver Post DENVER—The bodies of two workers who were buried in coal pile collapse at the Comanche power plant in Pueblo have been recovered. The incident happened at about 8:40 a.m. at the Comanche Generating Station in Pueblo, fire spokesman Erik Duran said. A 911 caller reported…


Crowd Confronts Official Over Deadly Iran Collapse

Protesters angry over a building collapse in southwestern Iran that killed at least 31 people shouted down an emissary sent by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, sparking a crackdown that saw riot police club demonstrators and fire tear gas, according to online videos analyzed on Monday. The demonstration directly challenged the Iranian government’s response to…


Iran Building Collapse Kills 11 as Mayor and Others Detained

TEHRAN, Iran—Rescuers dug through debris Tuesday of a building collapse in southwestern Iran that killed at least 11 people, fearful that many more could still be trapped beneath the rubble as authorities arrested the city’s mayor in a widening probe of the disaster. The collapse Monday of an under-construction 10-story tower at the Metropol Building…


5 Dead, Scores Trapped After Building Collapses in Iran: State TV

DUBAI—Five people were killed when a 10-storey building in Iran’s southern city of Abadan partly collapsed and rescuers were trying to help at least 80 people left trapped under the rubble, Iranian state TV reported on Monday. The semi-official Mehr news agency identified the building as a residential-commercial property on Amir Kabir street in the…


‘Left With Nothing.’ Survivors of Surfside Condo Collapse Seek More Settlement Money

By Martin Vassolo From Miami Herald MIAMI—After escaping the Champlain Towers South moments before it collapsed last summer, Ileana Monteagudo says she has been trying to rebuild her life at age 65 with no savings and lingering anxiety from the Surfside disaster. She expects to receive about $610,000 from an initial settlement that the 136…