Seven firefighters die as garage collapses
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Geneva - Seven Swiss firefighters were killed after an underground car park collapsed during a fire in northern Switzerland, police confirmed on Sunday.
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Several workers have been killed or injured when a building under construction at Dubai airport collapsed, trapping them under the rubble.
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A COLLAPSE at a construction site at Dubai airport has killed more five people and injured 12 others today, a contractor said. Early reports put the death toll at eight and numbers of injured at many more.
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Two people have been killed after a crane collapsed on a building site in south-west London.
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Two firefighters were killed in a blaze at a fireworks factory in southern England on Sunday that injured a dozen others and sent explosions high into the sky for hours, police said.
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The ceiling of a parking garage collapsed in a fire in northern Switzerland on Saturday, killing at least five firefighters, officials said.
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At least seven people were killed and several more were trapped when a four-storey building collapsed in Nigeria's commercial city Lagos, police said Thursday.
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A crane dropped a container of debris from the 53rd floor of a signature skyscraper under construction a block from Times Square on Wednesday, injuring seven people, authorities said.
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Angry garment workers set fire to seven textile factories in and around the capital Tuesday after news that an employee shot in the back during recent protests over better pay and working conditions had died, officials and witnesses said.
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A firefighter died Sunday and six others were injured while working to contain a comparatively small, but tricky wildfire in Stanislaus National Forest, authorities said.
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A six-story parking garage under construction at the National Institutes of Health collapsed Monday, pinning one person in the debris, authorities said.
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Firefighters had trouble getting into a burning home Thursday because the windows were covered by burglar bars and plywood storm shutters, and five family members died.
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Fire broke out Thursday in a 15-story apartment building, injuring seven people and temporarily trapping several others on balconies, fire officials said.
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Six people, including three children, who tried to escape a house fire died yesterday after getting trapped in the garage, authorities said.
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A POWERFUL explosion wrecked the office of an American security company in Kabul yesterday, killing at least seven people, officials said.
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GENEVA: Rescuers have found the bodies of five Swiss firemen who died after the ceiling of an underground car park collapsed during a fire, a police spokesman said last night.
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A seven-year-old boy dies in an accident involving machinery at a farm in West Devon.