An MP has called for a thorough investigation after part of a train station caved in and collapsed – narrowly missing passengers waiting on a platform. ‘Miraculously’ no one was injured in the incident, which took place at Northwich Station in Cheshire late this morning. But commuters were left facing severe delays after a huge pile … Read more
Ashes to ashes: Locals sweep up volcanic rubble after fresh Mount Etna eruption covers their town with debris Etna’s activity intensified earlier today as it spewed lava at 300 metres high with a subsequent rain of ash Residents in the nearby villages including Giarre, Fornazzo and Catania have been left to clear the debris National Institute … Read more
A young girl has been pulled out of the rubble of a collapsed apartment building alive four days after a deadly earthquake hit Turkey and Greece. The four-year-old girl, Ayda Gezgin, was taken to hospital in an ambulance in the Turkish coastal city of Izmir today, wrapped in a thermal blanket, amid the sound of … Read more
A three-year-old girl who had been trapped for three days under the rubble of a deadly earthquake in a Turkish coastal city has miraculously survived. Firefighter Muammer Celik found Elif Perincek lying motionless, covered in dust, and he asked a colleague for a body bag. But as Mr Celik extended his arm to wipe her … Read more
Two girls aged three and 14 have been pulled out alive from the rubble three days after a powerful earthquake decimated the Turkish city of Izmir. The overall death toll from Friday’s quake reached 85 after teams found more bodies overnight amid toppled buildings in the country’s third-largest city. Rescue workers clapped as 14-year-old Idil … Read more
BREAKING NEWS: Huge fire breaks out in the rubble of Beirut’s port just weeks after an explosion decimated the area By Ross Ibbetson For Mailonline Published: 11:46 BST, 10 September 2020 | Updated: 11:54 BST, 10 September 2020 Share or comment on this article:
Rescue workers may have found another ‘heartbeat’ under the rubble left when an explosion rocked the Port of Beirut last month – raising fresh hopes a buried survivor might still be alive after the blast. Search operations began on Thursday afternoon after a sniffer dog belonging to a Chilean search and rescue team detected something … Read more
Beirut blast rescuers ‘detect a heartbeat’ under rubble sparking hopes of finding a survivor a month after the explosion Sniffer dog belonging to the Chilean rescue team first detected something A pulsing signal was detected on Thursday from under the rubble of a building The team used audio detection equipment and detected what could be … Read more
Rescuers have pulled a second body from the rubble of the Baltimore gas explosion where one woman was killed and another seven were hospitalized. The body of an adult male was recovered from the site of the deadly blast just before 1 a.m. Tuesday morning, taking the number of fatalities up to two. One woman … Read more
Rescuers have pulled a second body from the rubble of the Baltimore gas explosion where one woman was killed and another seven were hospitalized. The body of an adult male was recovered from the site of the deadly blast just before 1 a.m. Tuesday morning, taking the number of fatalities up to two. One woman … Read more