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Similar structure of cooling tower in Westphalia, Germany. The Fengcheng power station collapse occurred on 24 November 2016. [1] [2] At least 74 people died [3] and at least two others were injured and trapped after a construction platform at a power plant in the Chinese city of Fengcheng in Jiangxi province collapsed.
Although 42,618 People's Liberation Army troops were deployed for disaster relief, all communication to and from the cities was cut. [12] Nine days later, there were still over a million people trapped by the waters, who relied on airdrops of food and were unreachable by disaster relief workers. Epidemics and famine devastated the trapped ...
Pages in category "Building and structure collapses in China" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll.It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions, structural fires, flood disasters, coal mine disasters, and other notable accidents caused by negligence connected to improper architecture, planning, construction, design, and more.
This is a list of Chinese military accidents that have taken place in the People's Republic of China involving the People's Liberation Army. It is likely to be incomplete due to the difficulty in reporting such accidents because of state control of the Chinese media .
In July, 11 people were killed after the concrete roof of a school gymnasium in China's Qiqihar city collapsed. Authorities had said that collapse was due to construction materials weighing on the ...
(KRON) — A section of the Santa Cruz Wharf collapsed into the ocean Monday amid pounding waves and an ongoing high surf advisory. Three people went into the water with two having to be rescued ...
Schoellkopf Power Station: Niagara Falls, New York United States: Destruction of the plant as it fell from the Niagara Gorge wall and collapsed into the Niagara River, caused by water seeping into the back wall of the power station. One worker was killed and damage was estimated at US$100 million (or $1121 million today, adjusted for inflation).