Structural integrity and failure

Seven people, including a child, were injured when the ceiling of a wedding hall near Kardzhali collapsed during heavy rain shortly after 7:30 p.m. last night. The incident caused panic among the over 150 guests attending the celebration, reports BNR.

A partial collapse of a seven-story building in Istanbul on June 27 exposed illegal construction practices, revealing that three of the building's floors were added without authorization.

The collapse occurred in Bahçelievler district's Zafer neighborhood, revealing that three of the building's seven floors had been added illegally.

One man died and three more were injured when the room of an old building in a district of the port city of Piraeus collapsed on Tuesday morning, during renovation works.

Initial information indicated that the victim was a 31-year-old police officer who was trapped in a loading truck crushed by construction materials.

Cracks in buildings, collapsed old stone walls in Zacharo

In the early hours of the morning, a devastating incident unfolded in Baltimore, Maryland, as a major bridge collapsed. According to reports from NBC, the collapse occurred shortly after 1 a.m. local time, with fears mounting that several individuals may be trapped in the waters below.

Eleven people died after the roof of a school gym collapsed in northeastern China, state media reported Monday.

The collapse in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang Province was caused by construction workers illegally placing perlite -- a form of volcanic glass -- on the building's roof, state news agency Xinhua said.

One person died and five were injured after a partial collapse of a multi-story car park in New York, local authorities said, the BBC reported.

The collapse started from the second floor of the four-story building in the southern part of Manhattan around 4 p.m. local time. Authorities say all workers in the building have been found.

A high-rise building under construction collapsed in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos on Nov. 1, killing at least four people with dozens more feared trapped inside the rubble.

A mezzanine floor overlooking the main lobby of the Indonesia Stock Exchange building collapsed on Jan. 15, injuring at least a dozen people under a shower of glass and other debris, an exchange employee and witnesses said.

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