BOWLING GREEN, Ky.—A fire has caused heavy damage Friday morning to a building that houses the Bowling Green office of Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) as well as a local law firm. Fire crews were called to the building on State Street around 2 a.m. Friday and found a heavy blaze that required additional units,…
Fire Damages Building That Houses Office of Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul
July 22, 2023
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3 Survivors Rescued From Rubble of Collapsed Apartment Building in Naples, Italian Officials Say
ROME—A wing of a three-story apartment building collapsed Sunday in a seaside suburb of Naples, and three people were pulled out alive from the rubble, Italian officials said. “As of now, there are no indications of people missing,’ said Luca Cari, a spokesperson for Italy’s national firefighters’ corps, of the collapse of the building in…
Condemned Building Used by Homeless People Falls in Brazil, Killing 14 People
RIO DE JANEIRO—An apartment building condemned for more than a decade but used by homeless people collapsed in Brazil’s northeastern state of Pernambuco, killing 14 people, including six children, firefighters reported Saturday. The building in Recife’s Paulista suburb crumbled in the early hours of Friday, prompting a frantic search for victims. Searchers combed through the…
At Least 8 Dead After Apartment Building Crumbles in Brazil
SAO PAULO—An apartment building collapsed in northeastern Brazil on Friday, leaving at least eight people dead and five missing, according to officials, as rescue workers scoured the rubble in a frantic search for survivors. Two young children, including an 8-year-old and a 5-year-old, were listed among the victims. But four others were pulled out alive,…
To Get Your Foundation Right, Know the Soil Beneath It
My college major was geology. At the time I was in school, I had no idea how valuable this degree would be once I became a full-time builder. There’s a very good chance I was the only builder in Cincinnati who knew soil maps existed and how to interpret them. A little-known fact about Cincinnati…
8 Construction Workers Injured as Building Partially Collapses During Concrete Mishap in New Haven
June 2, 2023
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A building under construction partially collapsed Friday in New Haven, Connecticut, when a concrete pour went awry, injuring eight workers, including two critically, city officials said, adding there were no fatalities. City firefighters and other authorities were called to Lafayette Street shortly after 12:30 p.m. “Our units responded immediately within minutes and found several persons…
Rescuers at Site of Iowa Building Collapse Complete Search for Survivors, Move on to Recovery
June 2, 2023
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DES MOINES, Iowa—An Iowa task force has completed its search for survivors at the site of a partially collapsed Davenport apartment building without finding three missing people who are feared dead, authorities said Friday. The focus has shifted to shoring up the structure so recovery efforts can begin. The remains of the six-story apartment building…
Iowa Apartment Collapse Leaves Residents Missing, Rubble Too Dangerous to Search
May 31, 2023
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DAVENPORT, Iowa—Five residents of a six-story apartment building that partially collapsed in eastern Iowa remained unaccounted for Tuesday, and authorities feared at least two of them might be stuck inside rubble that was too dangerous to search. The three other missing residents are not believed to have been in the building when it started collapsing…
No Fatalities Reported in Iowa as Officials Plan to Demolish Partially Collapsed Building
May 29, 2023
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Officials in Iowa are making plans to demolish a six-story apartment building a day after it partially collapsed, injuring at least one person and displacing countless residents and business owners. No fatalities have been reported. City officials in Davenport, a city in eastern Iowa, said in a news release that the property owner was served…
Fire Chief in Iowa Says 1 Person Rescued Overnight From Building Collapse in Davenport
May 29, 2023
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DAVENPORT, Iowa—One more person has been rescued and taken to a hospital after a building collapsed in Iowa. Davenport Fire Chief Michael Carlsten said at a news conference on Monday that it was unclear how many people, if any, were still missing after an apartment building in the eastern Iowa city collapsed. Rescuers were called…
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