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One injured, five trapped after explosion in central Athens caused a building to collapse

"It was like the whole building, the whole block blew off. That's how strong it was," said local resident Andreas Martzaklis.

Emergency personnel work at a site where an old building partially collapsed following an explosion, in the touristy Plaka area in central Athens, Greece, September 25, 2026.
[ILLUSTRATIVE] Gold mining residues are piled up near a residential area, in the village of Banat in River Nile state, north of the Sudanese capital Khartoum, on June 6, 2022.

At least 60 killed in gold mine collapse in Sudan's West Kordofan, sources say

First responders on scene of tunnel collapse in India, July 21, 2026.

At least 10 dead, 15 trapped after suspected gas leak collapses tunnel in India

Rescuers search for victims at a collapsed building as one raises a Venezuelan flag following a magnitude 7.2 earthquake that struck Venezuela and other regions in the Caribbean, on June 28, 2026 in Caraballeda, La Guaira, Venezuela.

Death toll of Venezuelan earthquakes surpasses three thousand amid criticism of slow state aid


Mexican church roof collapses during Sunday mass killing 9, about 30 others missing

Bishop Jose Armando Alvarez from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tampico said the church roof crumbled as worshipers were receiving communion.

 Members of security forces, people and a priest work at a site where a church roof collapsed during Sunday mass in Ciudad Madero, in Tamaulipas state, Mexico in this handout picture distributed to Reuters on October 1, 2023

Five killed in Iran as buildings collapse during unsafe demolition

Five people, including two Iranian police officers, were killed. Others were trapped under the rubble resulting from the collapse.

 Rescue crews work at the site of a ten-storey building collapse in Abadan, Iran May 23, 2022.

Trapped villagers saved from roofs in flooded south Ukraine as more await help

Friends and family posted frantic appeals in online chatrooms with names, photos and GPS locations of residents, including children and many elderly people, who were still waiting to be picked up

Mykola stands next to a police boat on a flooded island, which locals and officials say is caused by Russia's chaotic control of the Kakhovka dam downstream, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, May 20, 2023.

At least one dead, 5 injured in Manhattan parking structure collapse

No foul play was suspected.

 A crowd gathers for a Menorah lighting at Seaport in downtown Manhattan, NYC.

Eight people feared to be under the rubble after two buildings collapse in Marseille

Firefighters were continuing to tackle the blaze and 80 people have been evacuated, according to the rescue services.

 Smoke envelopes the area as police officers work at the scene of a fire following a gas explosion in Marseille, France, April 9, 2023

IDF officer's course cadet dies after collapsing during guard duty

The cadet was rushed to hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival.

IDF soldiers stand guard during a demonstration by Palestinians against the closure of the main road in Jabaa area south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem

Soccer Stadium roof in Chile collapses during open training session

An excess of weight in a Chilean soccer stadium caused a major collapse, leading to several injuries.

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One killed, dozens injured as stage collapses at Spain festival

Other infrastructure was also damaged when gusts battered the Medusa Festival, a huge electronic music festival held in the town of Cullera.

 A civil guard car comes out of the emergency exit at the venue of Medusa Festival, an electronic music festival, after high winds caused part of a stage to collapse, in Cullera, near Valencia, Spain, August 13, 2022.

Seven dead, 3 missing after rock face collapse at Brazilian waterfall

A tower of rocks suddenly broke away from the canyon wall and came crashing down on several leisure boats, killing 7 people and seriously injuring 9.

A view shows the site where a wall of rock collapsed on top of motor boats below a waterfall as firefighters of Minas Gerais state (not pictured) seek for victims, in Capitolio, in Minas Gerais state, Brazil, January 8, 2022.

Is Lebanon going to fully collapse? - opinion

the failure to deal with the catastrophic economy and the investigation into the massive explosion at Beirut Port in August 2020 are causing Lebanon to collapse.

 A SUPPORTER of the Christian Lebanese Forces Party protests last month against the summoning of party leader Samir Geagea for a hearing by army intelligence over street violence in Beirut.