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List of building and structure collapses

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This is a list of structural failures and collapses, including bridges, dams, and radio masts/towers.

Antiquity to the Middle Ages

Year Structure Location Type Casualties
226 BC Colossus of Rhodes Collapse City of Rhodes, Island of Rhodes (now Greece) Statue
27 Fidenae amphitheatre collapse Fidenae, Italia, Roman Empire Amphitheatre 20,000+ dead
ca. 27–30 Tower of Siloam Jerusalem, Judea, Roman Empire Tower 18 dead
140 Upper tier collapse of the Circus Maximus Rome, Italia, Roman Empire Amphitheatre ~13,000 dead
312 Milvian Bridge Rome, Italy Bridge
558 Dome of Hagia Sophia Constantinople, Byzantine Empire (now Turkey) Church
1091 London Bridge London, England Bridge
1275 St. Servatius Bridge Maastricht, Netherlands Bridge ~400 dead
1284 Choir of Beauvais Cathedral Beauvais, France Church
1303 Lighthouse of Alexandria Alexandria, Mamluk Sultanate (now Egypt) Tower
1322 Ely Cathedral Tower collapse Ely, Cambridgeshire, England Church
1342 Judith Bridge Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia Bridge
1382 Bell tower of St. Mary's Church Stralsund, Duchy of Pomerania, Hanseatic League (now Germany) Church
1444 Rialto Bridge Venice, Republic of Venice (now Italy) Bridge
1500 Malmesbury Abbey Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England Church
1529 St Elizabeth's Church Breslau, Silesia, Hapsburg lands, Holy Roman Empire (now Poland) Church
1549 Lincoln Cathedral Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England Church
1573 Tower of Beauvais Cathedral Beauvais, France Church
1577 Martinikerk Groningen, free city (now the Netherlands) Church

17th–19th centuries

Year Structure Location Type Casualties
1625 Tower of St. Olaf's Church Tallinn, Sweden (now Estonia) Church
1647 Tower of St. Mary's Church Stralsund, Duchy of Pomerania (now Germany) Church
1661 Tower of St. Reinold's Church Dortmund, Hanseatic League (now Germany) Church
1666 St. Peter's Church Riga, Sweden (now Latvia) Church 8 buried in rubble
17th century Abbaye-aux-Hommes Caen, France Church
1674 Nave of the Dom Church Utrecht, Netherlands Church
1697 Tower of St. Michael's Church Klausenburg, Habsburg monarchy (now Romania) Church
1713 St. Mary's Church Twickenham, England, Great Britain (now UK) Church
ca. 1715 Marsalforn Tower Xagħra, Gozo, Malta Tower
1721 St. Peter's Church Riga, Sweden/Russia (now Latvia) Church
1763 Tower of St. Michael's Church Klausenburg, Habsburg monarchy (now Romania) Church
1807 Eitai Bridge Tokyo, Japan Bridge 500-2,000 dead
1809 Ponte das Barcas Porto, Portugal Bridge 4,000 dead
1821 Saalebrücke bei Mönchen-Nienburg Nienburg, Germany Bridge 55 dead
1831 Broughton Suspension Bridge Broughton, Greater Manchester, England, UK Bridge 0 dead, 20 injured
1845 Yarmouth suspension bridge Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK Bridge 79 dead
1847 Dee bridge disaster Chester, England, UK Bridge 5 dead, 9 injured
1850 Angers Bridge Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France Bridge 226 dead
1854 Wheeling Suspension Bridge Wheeling, West Virginia, United States Bridge 0 Dead
1860 Pemberton Mill Lawrence, Massachusetts, US ~145 dead, ~166 injured
1860 Wootton bridge collapse Wootton, Warwickshire, England, UK Bridge 2 dead
1860 Bull bridge accident Ambergate, Derbyshire, England, UK Bridge
1861 Chichester Cathedral spire collapse Chichester, West Sussex, UK Church
1863 Chunky Creek Bridge between Meridian and Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States Bridge
1864 Dale Dike Reservoir South Yorkshire, England, UK Dam 240+ dead
1868 Saint Peter's Church spire collapse Fritzlar, Hesse, Prussia, North German Confederation Church 21 dead, 31 injured
1873 Dixon Bridge Disaster Dixon, Illinois, United States Bridge 46 dead, 56 injured
1876 Ashtabula River railroad disaster Ashtabula, Ohio, US 92 dead, 64 injured
1879 Tay Bridge disaster Dundee, Scotland Bridge ~75 dead, With 60 known
1887 Bussey bridge disaster Boston, Massachusetts, US Bridge 38 dead, 40 injured
1888 Big Four Bridge Kentucky, United States Bridge 37 dead
1889 South Fork Dam Johnstown, Pennsylvania, US Dam 2,209 dead
1890 Walnut Grove Dam Wickenburg, Arizona Territory, US Dam 100–150 dead
1891 Münchenstein rail disaster Münchenstein, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland Bridge 73 dead, 171 injured
1895 Ireland Building New York City, New York, US Office building 16 dead, 12 injured
1896 Point Ellice Bridge disaster Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Bridge 55 dead
1897 Maddur Railway Bridge Maddur, India Bridge 150 dead

1900–1949

Year Structure Location Type Casualties
1900 1900 Big Game disaster San Francisco, California, United States Factory 23 dead, 100+ injured
1902 St. Mark's Campanile Venice, Italy
1902 Ibrox disaster Glasgow, Scotland, UK Stadium 25 dead, 500+ injured
1904 Eden railroad bridge collapse Eden, Colorado, US Bridge 111 dead
1905 Egyptian Bridge Saint Petersburg, Russia Bridge
1905 Portage Canal Swing Bridge Houghton, Michigan, United States Bridge
1905 Grover Shoe Factory Brockton, Massachusetts, US Factory 58 dead, 150 injured
1906 National Electric Signaling Company mast Machrihanish, Scotland Guyed mast
1906 Amsden Building Framingham, Massachusetts, U.S. Office building 13 dead, 8 injured
1907 Quebec Bridge Quebec City, Quebec, Canada Bridge 75 dead, 11 injured
1911 Romanov Bridge Zelendosk, Russian Empire Bridge 13 dead
1912 Mast of Nauen Transmitter Station Nauen, Germany Radio tower
1915 Division Street Bridge Spokane, Washington, US Bridge 5 dead, 12 injured
1916 Quebec Bridge Quebec City, Canada Bridge 13 dead
1919 Molasses Tank Boston, Massachusetts, US Tank 21 dead, 150 injured
1922 Knickerbocker Theatre Washington, D.C., US Cinema building 98 dead, 133 injured
1925 Three masts of Norddeich Transmitting Station Norddeich, Germany Radio tower
1925 Pickwick Club Boston, Massachusetts, US Building 44 dead, 24 injured
1927 Western mast of Deutschlandsender Zeesen Zeesen, Germany Guyed mast
1928 St. Francis Dam Santa Clarita, California, US Dam ~600 dead
1930 Towers of Sender Stadelheim Munich, Germany Radio tower
1935 Wooden tower of Rundfunksender Langenberg Langenberg (Rheinland), Germany Radio tower
1937 New London School New London, Texas, US School ~300 dead
1938 Kugaiza Cinema collapse [ja] Tokamachi, Niigata, Japan Cinema building 69 dead, 92 injured
1939 Sandö Bridge Kramfors, Ångermanland, Sweden Bridge 18 dead
1939 Collapse of Utbremen Radio Tower Bremen, Germany Radio tower
1940 First Tacoma Narrows Bridge Tacoma, Washington, US Bridge
1940 Theodor Heuss Bridge Ludwigshafen, Germany Bridge
1945 Hindenburg Bridge Cologne, Germany Bridge Unknown
1945 Ludendorff Bridge Remagen, Germany Bridge ~18–33 dead, ~63–93 injured
1949 Two masts of the Langenberg transmission tower Langenberg (Rheinland), Germany Radio tower
1949 Inotani wire bridge Toyama, Toyama, Japan Bridge 29 dead
1949 Mast of the Transmitter Hamburg-Billstedt Hamburg, West Germany Radio tower

1950–1979

Year Structure Location Type Casualties
1951 Duplessis bridge collapse Quebec, Canada Bridge 4 dead
1953 Tangiwai Bridge Tangiwai, New Zealand Bridge 151 dead
1957 WSM-TV Tower Nashville, Tennessee, US Guyed mast (under construction) 4 dead
1957 Rail bridge near St Johns railway station Lewisham, London, UK Bridge 90 dead, 173 injured
1958 Second Narrows Bridge Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Bridge 19 dead
1958 LORAN-C transmitter Carolina Beach Carolina Beach, North Carolina, US Radio tower
1958 Collapse of the Ochsenkopf Transmitter Ochsenkopf, Germany Guyed mast
1959 Vega de Tera Ribadelago, Spain Dam 144 dead
1959 Malpasset Côte d'Azur, France Dam 423 dead
1959 October cinema collapse [ru] Bryansk, USSR Cinema 46 dead, at least 123 injured
1960 KOBR-TV Tower Caprock, New Mexico, US Guyed mast
1962 LORAN-C transmitter Ejde Ejde, Faroe Islands, Denmark Radio tower
1962 King Street Bridge Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Bridge
1963 Beaver Dam Bridge Murdochville, Quebec, Canada Bridge 6 dead
1963 Vajont Dam Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy Dam ~1,900–2,500 dead
1963 Baldwin Hills Reservoir Los Angeles, California, US Dam 5 dead
1964 General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge Maracaibo, Venezuela Bridge
1965 Mast of Iwo Jima LORAN-C transmitter Iwo Jima, Ogasawara Subprefecture, Japan Radio tower 6 dead
1966 Heron Road Bridge Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Bridge 9 dead, 60+ injured
1967 Queen Juliana Bridge Willemstad, Curaçao Bridge 15 dead
1967 Waltham transmitting station Waltham, UK Guyed mast
1967 Silver Bridge Point Pleasant, West Virginia, US Bridge 46 dead
1968 Ronan Point collapse London, UK High rise 4 dead, 17 injured
1968 KELO TV Tower Rowena, South Dakota, US Guyed mast
1969 FM-/TV-Mast of Marnach transmitter Marnach, Luxembourg Guyed mast
1969 Emley Moor TV mast collapse Emley, West Yorkshire, UK Guyed mast
1970 Orlunda radio transmitter central mast collapse Orlunda, Sweden Guyed mast
1970 West Gate Bridge Melbourne, Australia Bridge 35 dead, 18 injured
1970 Britannia Bridge Menai Strait, Wales, UK Bridge
1970 Cleddau Bridge Pembroke Dock and Neyland, Wales, UK Bridge 4 dead, 5 injured
1970 Wau Apartment collapse [ko] Seoul, South Korea Residential building 34 dead, 40 injured
1971 2000 Commonwealth Avenue collapse Boston, Massachusetts, US Condominium building under construction 4 dead, 30 injured
1971 South Bridge [de] Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, West Germany Bridge under construction 13 dead, 13 injured
1971 1971 Certej dam failure Certeju de Sus, Hunedoara County, Romania Dam 89 dead, 76 injured
1972 Buffalo Creek Flood West Virginia, US Dam 125 dead, 1,121 injured
1972 Königs Wusterhausen Central Tower Königs Wusterhausen, Germany Lattice tower
1973 Skyline Towers collapse Bailey's Crossroads, Virginia, US Building under construction 14 dead, 35 injured
1973 Broadway Central Hotel, Mercer Arts Center New York, NY, US Hotel and theaters 4 dead, at least 12 injured
1973 Zeulenroda Artificial Lake bridge Zeulenroda, Germany (GDR) Bridge (under construction) 4 dead
1974 Makahali River bridge Baitadi, Nepal Bridge 140 dead
1974 Miami DEA building collapse Miami, US 4-story office building 7 dead
1975 Tasman Bridge disaster Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Bridge 12 dead
1975 Banqiao and Shimantan Dams Zhumadian, Henan, China Dam ~85,600 to 240,000 dead
1976 Teton Dam Idaho, US Earthen dam 11 dead
1976 Sendeanlage Burg SL-3 Burg bei Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, West Germany Guyed mast
1976 Reichsbrücke Vienna, Austria Bridge 1 dead
1976 Pic de Nore transmitter Pic de Nore, France Guyed mast
1977 KSLA-TV Tower Mooringsport, Louisiana, US Guyed mast
1977 Kelly Barnes Dam Georgia, US Dam 39 dead
1977 Granville rail disaster Granville, NSW, Australia Bridge 83 dead, 213 injured
1977 Pushkino bridge collapse [ru] Pushkino, Moscow Oblast, USSR Bridge 23 dead, 125 injured
1978 Hartford Civic Center Hartford, Connecticut, US Arena
1978 Sender Zehlendorf Zehlendorf bei Oranienburg, Germany Guyed mast
1978 Willow Island Cooling Tower Willow Island, West Virginia, US Cooling tower under construction 51 dead
1978 Connor Hotel Joplin, Missouri, US Hotel slated for demolition 2 dead, 1 injured
1979 Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri, US Stadium
1979 Sender Krasch Bernklau, Czechoslovakia (now part of Czech Republic) Guyed mast
1979 Blåbärskullen transmitter Sunne, Sweden Pinnacle of guyed mast

1980–1999

Year Structure Location Type Casualties
1980 Almö Bridge Stenungsund, Sweden Bridge 8 dead
1980 Corralejas stadium collapse Sincelejo, Sucre, Colombia Stadium 200+ dead
1980 Hayakawa wire bridge Saito, Kyūshū, Japan Bridge (suspension) 7 dead
1980 House of World Cultures West Berlin, West Germany Building 1 dead
1980 Sunshine Skyway Bridge Tampa Bay, Florida, US Bridge 35 dead
1981 Harbor Cay Condominium collapse Cocoa Beach, Florida, US Building 11 dead, 23 injured
1981 Hyatt Regency walkway collapse Kansas City, Missouri, US Walkway 114 dead, 216 injured
1981 Chimney of Matla Power Station Mpumalanga, South Africa Chimney 4 dead
1982 Aviamotornaya escalator collapse Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union Escalator At least 8 dead, at least 30 injured
1982 Lawn Lake Dam Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, US Dam 3 dead
1982 Tous Dam Valencia, Spain Dam 30+ dead or injured
1982 Senior Road Tower collapse Missouri City, Texas, US Guyed mast 5 dead
1982 Sophia Gardens Pavilion Cardiff, Wales, UK Concert hall
1983 Mianus River Bridge Greenwich, Connecticut, US Bridge 3 dead, 3 injured
1983 CKX-TV Craig Television Tower Souris, Manitoba, Canada Guyed mast
1983 Wavre TV Mast Wavre, Belgium Guyed mast
1983 Kurgan dormitory collapse [ru] Kurgan, USSR Dormitory 15 dead
1985 Val di Stava Dam collapse Italy Dam 268 dead
1985 Apartment building collapse Castellaneta, Italy Apartment building 21 dead, 9 injured
1986 Hotel New World Disaster Little India near Serangoon Road, Singapore Hotel 33 dead, 17 injured
1987 L'Ambiance Plaza collapse Bridgeport, Connecticut, US Residential tower 28 dead
1987 Schoharie Creek Bridge collapse Fort Hunter, New York, US Bridge 10 dead
1988 Dzhrashen School Spitak, Armenia Elementary school 400 dead
1988 Multrå transmitter Sollefteå, Sweden Pinnacle of guyed mast
1988 Mainbrücke Stockstadt (Aschaffenburg Main River Freeway Bridge) Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, West Germany Bridge under construction 1 dead
1988 Station Square collapse (Save-On-Foods collapse) Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada Rooftop parking structure 21 injured
1988 Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal bridge Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia Bridge
1988 Green Bank Telescope Green Bank, West Virginia, US Parabolic dish (diameter: 90.44 m (297 ft))
1989 Tennessee Hatchie River Bridge Tennessee, US Bridge 8 dead
1989 Civic Tower Italy Tower 4 dead, 15 injured
1989 Cypress Street Viaduct Oakland, California, US Bridge 42 dead
1991 Astram Line steel bridge Hiroshima, Japan Bridge 15 dead
1991 Festival Pier London, England, UK Pier
1991 Warsaw Radio Mast collapse Gąbin, Poland Guyed mast (646 m (2,119 ft))
1992 Armand Césari Stadium disaster Bastia, Haute-Corse, France Stadium 18 dead, 2,300+ injured
1993 Cape Race LORAN-C transmitter mast collapse Cape Race, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Mast
1993 Collapse of the Royal Plaza Hotel Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand Hotel 137 dead, 227 injured
1993 Highland Towers collapse (Block 1) Selangor, Malaysia Residential tower At least 48 dead, unknown injured
1994 Casino supermarket collapse Nice, France Roof of the commercial building 2 dead, 94 injured
1994 Retirement home collapse Motta Visconti, Italy Retirement home 27 dead
1994 Marja store collapse Tallinn, Estonia Commercial building 5 dead
1994 Seongsu Bridge disaster Seoul, South Korea Bridge 32 dead, 17 injured
1995 Cave Creek disaster Paparoa National Park, New Zealand Viewing platform 14 dead, 4 injured
1995 Sampoong Department Store collapse Seoul, South Korea Commercial building 502 dead, 1,445 injured
1995 Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building Oklahoma City, US Government building 168 dead, 680 injured
1995 Taganrog Iron & Steel Factory collapse Taganrog, Russia Factory 14 dead, 17 injured
1996 Baikong Railway bridge Ruyuan County, Guangdong, China Bridge 29 dead
1996 Koror-Babeldaob Bridge Koror and Babeldaob, Palau Bridge 2 dead
1996 Walnut Street Bridge collapse Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, US Bridge
1997 Opuha Dam New Zealand Dam
1997 Maccabiah bridge collapse Tel Aviv, Israel Bridge 4 dead, 62 injured
1997 KXJB-TV mast collapse Traill County, North Dakota, US Guyed mast
1997 WLBT Tower collapse Raymond, Mississippi, US Tower 3 dead
1997 Knick-Ei Halstenbek, Germany Sports hall
1998 Palace II collapse Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Residential tower 8 dead
1998 Knick-Ei Halstenbek, Germany Sports hall
1998 Nalchik sport center balcony collapse Nalchik, Russia Balcony in sport center 23 dead, 47 injured
1999 Gdynia Shipyard crane crash Gdynia, Poland Crane
1999 Russian apartment buildings Moscow, Volgodonsk and Buynaksk, Russia Residential buildings 307 dead, 1,000+ injured
1999 Via Giotto in Foggia building collapse Foggia, Italy Residential building 67 dead, 3 injured
1999 Aggie Bonfire collapse College Station, Texas, US Bonfire 12 dead, 27 injured
1999 Big Blue Crane collapse Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US Crane 3 dead, 5 Injured

2000–2009

Year Structure Location Type Casualties
2000 2000 Baia Mare cyanide spill Baia Mare, Romania Embankment dam
2000 Pier Number 34 (Club Heat) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US Pier 3 dead, dozens injured
2000 Boulevard du Souvenir overpass collapse over Highway 15 Laval, Quebec, Canada Overpass 1 dead, 2 injured
2000 1601 Park Avenue apartment building collapse Los Angeles, California Residential apartment building 1 dead, 36 injured
2000 Hoan Bridge Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US Bridge
2000 Lowe's Motor Speedway Concord, North Carolina, US Bridge 107 Injured
2001 Hintze Ribeiro Bridge Entre-os-Rios, Castelo de Paiva, Portugal Bridge 59 dead
2001 Versailles wedding hall collapse Jerusalem, Israel Wedding hall 23 dead, 380 injured
2001 World Trade Center 1,2,7 New York City, New York, US Skyscraper 2,763 dead
2001 Queen Isabella Causeway Port Isabel and South Padre Island, Texas, US Bridge 8 dead
2001 Kadalundi River rail bridge India Bridge 57 dead
2002 Buran hangar collapse Baikonur, Kazakhstan/Russia Hangar 8 dead
2002 I-40 bridge disaster Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, US Bridge 14 dead, 11 injured
2002 VertiGo Sandusky, Ohio, US Amusement ride
2003 Hengzhou Towers Hengyang, China Mixed-use apartment 20 dead
2003 Silver Lake Dam failure Marquette County, Michigan, US Embankment dam
2003 Kinzua Bridge Kinzua Bridge State Park, Pennsylvania, US Bridge
2003 2003 Chicago balcony collapse Chicago, Illinois, US Balcony 13 dead, 57 injured
2004 Big Bay Dam Mississippi, US Dam
2004 Camará Dam Brazil Dam At least 3 dead
2004 Collapse of the Terminal 2E roof, Charles de Gaulle Airport Roissy-en-France, Val-d'Oise, France Airport terminal 4 dead, 3 injured
2004 Transvaal Park Moscow, Russia Water park 28 dead, 193 injured
2004 Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Bridge crane collapse Connecticut, US Bridge-deconstruction crane 1 dead
2004 Peterborough radio mast Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK Guyed mast
2004 Nicoll Highway collapse Kallang, Singapore Tunnel under construction 4 dead, 3 injured
2005 Shakidor Dam Pakistan Dam ~70 dead
2005 Margalla Towers Islamabad, Pakistan Residential building 78 dead, 100+ injured
2005 Taum Sauk Reservoir Lesterville, Missouri, US Dam 5 injured
2005 School No. 4 Zverevo, Rostov Oblast, Russia School 3 dead, 1 injured
2005 Gerrards Cross Tunnel Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, England, UK Tunnel
2005 Sadaf Manzil Nagpada, Mumbai, India Residential building 11 dead, 24 injured
2005 Chusovoy swimming pool collapse Chusovoy, Russia Swimming pool 14 dead, 11 injured
2006 Bad Reichenhall Ice Rink roof collapse Bad Reichenhall, Germany Stadium roof 15 dead, 32 injured
2006 Katowice Trade Hall roof collapse Katowice, Poland Market roof 65 dead, 170 injured
2006 Basmanny market roof collapse Moscow, Russia Market roof 66 dead, unknown injured
2006 2006 Lagos building collapses Lagos, Nigeria Three buildings – one residential, commercial and under construction, respectively At least 28 dead, at least 86 injured
2006 Interstate 88 bridge collapse Unadilla, New York, US Bridge 2 dead
2006 Big Dig ceiling collapse South Boston, Massachusetts, US Ceiling tile 1 dead, 1 injured
2006 De la Concorde overpass collapse Laval, Quebec, Canada Overpass 5 dead, 6 injured
2007 Crab House – Floor collapsed into the water Wildwood Crest, New Jersey, US Building 9 injured
2007 Neurath Power Station Scaffold collapse Grevenbroich-Neurath, Germany Power station under construction 3 dead, 6 injured
2007 WNEP-TV Tower Penobscot Knob, Mountaintop, Pennsylvania, US Guyed mast
2007 I-35W Mississippi River bridge collapse Minneapolis, Minnesota, US Bridge 13 dead, 145 injured
2007 Collapse of bridge over the Jiantuo River during construction Hunan, China Bridge 50+ dead, ~90+ injured
2007 Collapse of Cần Thơ Bridge Cần Thơ, Vietnam Bridge 52–59+ dead, 140–189+ injured
2007 Estádio Fonte Nova Salvador, Brazil Stadium 7 dead, 40 injured
2007 Charleston Sofa Super Store Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. Furniture store 9 firefighters killed, 18 injured
2008 Hornslet wind-turbine collapse Hornslet, Denmark Wind turbine
2008 303 East 51st Street crane collapse Manhattan, New York City, US Crane 7 dead, 24 injured
2008 Belyayevka School Belyayevka, Orenburg Oblast, Russia School 5 dead, 4 injured
2008 Christian rock concert stage collapse Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada Stage 40+ injured
2009 Historical Archive of the City of Cologne collapse Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Building 2 dead
2009 Collapse of Lotus Riverside Block 7 Shanghai, China Residential building 1 dead
2009 Broadmeadow viaduct Malahide, Ireland Bridge
2009 Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium Terengganu, Malaysia Stadium
2009 2009 Korba chimney collapse Korba, Chhattisgarh, India At least 45 dead, 7+ injured
2009 Big Valley Jamboree stage collapse Camrose, Alberta, Canada Stage 1 dead, ~75 injured
2009 Jaya Supermarket Petaling Jaya, Malaysia Supermarket 7 dead, unknown injured
2009 Kota Chambal Bridge collapse Kota, India Bridge 48 dead, unknown injured

2010–2019

Year Structure Location Type Casualties
2010 Collapse of 45J Ma Tau Wai Road Hong Kong Building 4 dead
2010 Bab Berdieyinne Mosque minaret collapse Meknes, Fès-Meknès, Morocco Religious building
2010 Myllysilta (Mill Bridge) Turku, Southwest Finland, Finland Bridge
2010 Lalita Park building collapse New Delhi, India Building
2010 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome roof collapse Minneapolis, Minnesota, US Stadium roof
2010 Ikeja City Mall Lagos, Nigeria Mall 5 injured
2010 Stadium Southland Invercargill, South Island, New Zealand Stadium roof
2011 Lift bridge Waddinxveen Waddinxveen, Netherlands Bridge
2011 WEAU-TV, WAXX-FM Tower Fairchild, Wisconsin, US Guyed mast
2011 De Grolsch Veste stadium roof collapse Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands Stadium roof 2 dead, 14 injured
2011 Ottawa Bluesfest stage collapse Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Stage 3 injured
2011 Indiana State Fair stage collapse Indianapolis, Indiana, US Stage 7 dead, 58 injured
2011 Pukkelpop stage collapse Hasselt, Flemish Community, Belgium Stage
2011 QAL scaffold collapse Gladstone, Queensland, Australia Scaffold
2011 PGC office building collapse Christchurch, South Island New Zealand Commercial building 18 dead
2011 Canterbury Television Building collapse Christchurch, South Island New Zealand Commercial building 115 dead (collapsed during earthquake)
2011 Kutai Kartanegara Bridge Collapse Kutai Kartanegara Regency, Indonesia Bridge 20 dead, 39 injured
2011 O'key hypermarket collapse Saint Petersburg, Russia Shopping mall 1 dead, 17 injured
2012 Vieira Fazenda office block collapse Praça Floriano, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Office buildings 17 dead
2012 Radiohead stage collapse Toronto, Ontario, Canada Stage 1 dead, 3 injured
2012 Algo Centre Mall Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada Shopping mall 2 dead, 22 injured
2012 Miami Dade College parking garage Miami, Florida, US Parking garage 4 dead, 7 injured
2012 Longwave transmitter Europe 1, Mast 2 Felsberg-Berus, Saarland, Germany Guyed radio mast
2012 Sasago Tunnel Border of Kōshū and Ōtsuki, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan Ceiling tile 9 dead, 2 injured
2013 Dar es Salaam building collapse Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Residential building 36 dead, 17/18 injured
2013 Thane building collapse Thane, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Building under construction 74 dead, 60–62 injured
2013 Rana Plaza collapse Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh Commercial building 1,134 dead, 2,500+ injured
2013 22nd and Market building collapse Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Building 6 dead, 13 injured
2013 Penang Second Bridge Penang Island, Malaysia Bridge 1 dead, 3 injured
2013 Row houses collapse 400 block of Daly Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US Row houses 8 injured
2013 I-5 Skagit River Bridge collapse Skagit County, Washington, U.S. Bridge 3 injured
2013 Building under construction Sao Paulo, Brazil Building At least 6 dead, at least 20 injured
2013 Residential building Mumbai, India Building At least 61 dead, at least 32 injured
2013 Space building collapse [es] Medellín, Colombia Residential building 12 dead
2013 Maxima superstore Riga, Latvia Commercial building 54 dead
2013 Apollo Theatre London, UK Theatre 76 injured
2014 Gyeongju Mauna Resort Gymnasium collapse [ko] Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea Gymnasium 10 dead, 124 injured
2014 Death of Keane Wallis-Bennett Edinburgh, Scotland Freestanding wall 1
2014 Croce del Papa collapse Cevo, Italy Guyed mast (inclined) 1 dead
2014 P'yŏngch'ŏn apartment block collapse Pyongyang, North Korea Building 100+ dead (unconfirmed)
2014 Vilémov Bridge collapse Vilémov, Czechia Bridge 4 dead (cs)
2014 Synagogue Church building collapse Lagos, Nigeria Building 115 dead
2015 Military training center barracks Omsk, Russia Building 23 dead
2015 I-10 bridge collapse Desert Center, California, US Bridge 1 injured
2015 Mecca crane collapse Mecca, Makkah Province, Saudi Arabia Crane 118 dead, 394 injured
2015 Dharahara (earthquake, 25 May) Kathmandu, Nepal 19th-century tower 200 dead
2015 Mariana dam disaster Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil Tailings dam 19 dead, ~16 injured
2016 Weiguan Jinlong (earthquake, 6 Feb) Tainan, Taiwan Residential building 114 dead
2016 Perkolo Bridge (sv) Nord-Fron near Sjoe, Sel, Norway Bridge, with trusses and glued laminated timber 0 dead, 1 injured
2016 2016 Lagos building collapse Lagos, Nigeria Building under construction
2016 Vivekananda Flyover Bridge Kolkata, West Bengal, India Flyover bridge
2016 Hu Fa Kuang Sports Centre, City University of Hong Kong Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong Roof collapse 3 injured
2016 Fengcheng power station collapse Fengcheng, Jiangxi, China Cooling tower under construction 74 dead, 2 injured
2016 Uyo Church collapse Uyo, Nigeria Church 60 dead
2017 Juice Tank Lebedyan, Russia Tank resulted in a flooding of Lebedyan with 28 million liters juice
2017 Plasco Building Tehran, Iran Shopping mall 21 dead, 70 injured, 1 missing
2017 Troja Pedestrian Bridge collapse Prague, Czechia Bridge 4 injured
2017 Eindhoven Airport parking garage collapse Eindhoven, Netherlands Building under construction
2017 I-85 Overpass collapse Atlanta, Georgia, USA Overpass No fatalities or injuries reported
2017 Highway overpass collapse during maintenance works Camerano, Italy Highway overpass 2 dead, 3 injured
2018 Merriweather Post Pavilion collapse Columbia, Maryland, US Pavilion
2018 Indonesia Stock Exchange floor collapse Jakarta, Indonesia Suspended walkway 72 injured
2018 Chirajara bridge collapse Chirajara, Colombia Partially constructed motorway bridge 9 dead, 5 injured
2018 Cirebon dance hall collapse Cirebon, West Java, Indonesia Building 7 dead
2018 Yun Tsui residential building collapse Hualien City, Taiwan Residential building 14 dead
2018 Florida International University pedestrian bridge collapse Miami, Florida, United States Walkway At least 6 dead, 9 injured
2018 Edifício Wilton Paes de Almeida collapse São Paulo, Brazil Building At least 7 dead
2018 Kundal Shahi bridge collapse Kundal Shahi, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan Walkway At least 12 dead, 11 injured, unknown missing
2018 Zhejiang bridge collapse Zhejiang, China Bridge 8 dead, 3 injured
2018 Ponte Morandi collapse Genoa, Italy Highway bridge 43 dead, 16 injured
2018 San Giuseppe dei Falegnami collapse Rome, Italy Church 0 dead or injured
2018 2018 Magnitogorsk building collapse Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia Apartment building 39 dead, 17 injured
2018 2018 Marseille building collapse Marseille, France Apartment building 8 dead, 2 injured
2019 2019 Lagos school collapse Lagos, Nigeria Residential building 20 dead, over 60 injured
2019 Zadra Zator, Poland Roller coaster
2019 Notre-Dame de Paris fire Paris, France Cathedral roof and spire collapse 3 injured
2019 Sihanoukville building collapse Sihanoukville, Cambodia Partially constructed building collapse 28 dead, 26 injured
2019 Montana State University gym roofs collapse Bozeman, Montana, United States 2 gymnasiums 0
2019 Building collapse in Mumbai Mumbai, India Residential building 2
2019 Dharwad building collapse Dharwad, India commercial complex 19 dead, 82 injured
2019 AFAS Stadion roof collapse Alkmaar, Netherlands Stadium roof 0
2019 Hard Rock Hotel collapse New Orleans, United States Partially constructed hotel collapse 3 dead, 18 injured
2019 Mirepoix-sur-Tarn bridge collapse Mirepoix-sur-Tarn, Occitanie, France Bridge 2 dead
2019 Brumadinho dam disaster Brumadinho, Brazil Tailings dam 270 dead

2020–present

Year Structure Location Type Casualties
2020 Kep building collapse Kep, Cambodia Tourist guesthouse under construction 36 dead, 26 injured
2020 Palmerah West Jakarta four-story building collapse Jakarta, Indonesia Building 11 injured
2020 Collapse of Xinjia Express Hotel Quanzhou, Fujian, China Hotel 29 dead
2020 Caprigliola bridge collapse Caprigliola, Tuscany, Italy Bridge 2 injured
2020 Lecheng Bridge Sanxi, Jingde County, Anhui, China 1543-c. 1700 bridge as a tourist attraction 0 dead or injured
2020 Zhenhai Bridge Huangshan City, Anhui, China 1536-1699 bridge as a tourist attraction 0 dead or injured
2020 Collapse of Juxian Restaurant Linfen City, Shanxi, China Building 29 dead, 28 injured
2020 Nest on Wonderland London, Ontario, Canada Apartment building under construction 2 dead, at least 4 injured
2020 Arecibo Telescope Arecibo, Puerto Rico Telescope 0 dead or injured
2021 Brindisi warehouse collapse San Michele Salentino, Apulia, Italy Warehouse 1 dead, 4 injured
2021 Cairo apartment collapse Gesr El-Suez, Cairo, Egypt Apartment building 25 dead, 25 injured
2021 2021 Bangkok residence collapse Kritsadanakhon 31 Village, Bangkok, Thailand Residence building At least 4 dead, 5 injured
2021 Mexico City Metro overpass collapse Tláhuac, Mexico City, Mexico Overpass 26 dead, 79 injured
2021 Gwangju building collapse Gwangju, South Korea Collapsed onto a bus during demolition 9 dead, 8 injured
2021 Antwerp building collapse Jos Smolderenstraat, Antwerp, Belgium Primary school under construction 5 dead, 20 injured
2021 Destruction of al-Jalaa Building Gaza City Building 0 casualties, building destroyed
2021 Rucheng residential building collapse Rucheng County, Hunan, China Residential building 5 dead, 7 injured
2021 Champlain Towers South Surfside, Florida, United States Condominium tower 98 dead, 11 injured
2021 Sangam Bridge Arunachal Pradesh, India Bridge 3 missing
2021 Collapse of Siji Kaiyuan Hotel Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China Hotel annex 17 dead, 5 injured
2021 Kelowna crane collapse Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada Construction crane 5 dead
2021 Font Nova residential development apartment collapse Peñíscola, Valencian Community, Spain Residential building 2 dead
2021 AdventHealth Orlando parking garage crane collapse Orlando, Florida, United States Parking garage 1 injured
2021 Lagos high-rise Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria Apartments (under construction) 42 dead
2022 Nemiga pedestrian bridge Minsk, Belarus Bridge 0 dead or injured
2022 Gwangju construction site collapse Gwangju, South Korea Wall (under construction) 3 injured, 0-3 missing
2022 Fern Hollow Bridge collapse Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States Bridge 10 injured
2022 Alfamart Gambut collapse Banjar Regency, South Kalimantan, Indonesia Building 5 dead, 9 injured
2022 Changsha building collapse Changsha, Hunan, China Building 53 dead, 10 injured
2022 Abadan Metropol building collapse Abadan, Iran Building 41 dead
2022 Tretten Bridge collapse Øyer, Norway Bridge, with trusses and glued laminated timber 0 dead
2022 2022 Morbi bridge collapse Morbi, Gujarat, India Bridge 141 dead
2022 AquaDom collapse Berlin, Germany Aquarium 2 people injured, nearly 1,500 fish killed
2022 Jakarta Islamic Centre dome collapse Jakarta, Indonesia Mosque No fatalities reported
2023 Charlotte scaffolding collapse Charlotte, North Carolina, United States Construction site 3 dead, 2 injured
2023 2023 Marseille building collapse Marseille, France Building 8 dead, 5 injured, 200 displaced
2023 2023 New York City parking garage collapse New York City, United States Parking garage 1 dead, 5 injured
2023 Davenport apartment collapse Davenport, Iowa, United States Apartment building 3 dead
2023 Surry Hills Building collapse Surry Hills, Sydney, Australia Abandoned heritage building (nearby entrance to Central station damaged) No fatalities
2023 Bronx building collapse Bronx, New York, United States Apartment No fatalities reported
2024 First Church of Christ spire collapse New London, Connecticut, United States Church No fatalities reported
2024 Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse Baltimore, Maryland, United States Bridge 6 presumed dead, at least 1 injured
2024 Apartment building collapse in George George, Western Cape, South Africa Apartment building under construction 33 dead

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