North London rocked by explosion at former petrol station. A man in his 50s died in an explosion at a site in north London earlier today, police have said. Emergency services and the London Air Ambulance were called to an “industrial incident” on Swain’s Lane, Highgate, just after 14.00 GMT. The site was once a…Read moreRead more
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Breaking News – Man killed in London explosion…
Scudder fined over lift shaft fatality…
Prosecution over fatal fall more than six years ago. TE Scudder, together with a self employed contractor, have been fined for safety failings after one man died and another was left seriously injured falling six storeys through a lift shaft. Southwark Crown Court heard on 17 January 2011 work was being carried out to decommission…Read moreRead more
Video – Leave it to the professionals…
40-watt club for the terminally dim welcomes first Russian member. There is virtually no need for explanation here. Just take a look at the opening shot of the video below, and you will get a pretty good idea f what is about to transpire. Sadly, the same cannot be said for the oxygen thief hitting…Read moreRead more
Narrow escape as gas canister hits house…
Ohio woman has lucky escape as gas canister travels 1,400 feet and punches hole in her house. A woman had walked out of her room just moments before a 100-pound canister came crashing into her home Sunday, according to Hamilton Police Sgt. Brian Robinson. The compressed air cylinder was accidentally launched about 1,400 feet away…Read moreRead more
Video Exclusive – Maylarch on site of deadly blast…
Demolition contractors aids emergency services after explosion. On Tuesday 14 February, an as-yet-unexplained explosion ripped trough a three-storey residential block at Osney Mill in Oxford. Emergency services quickly determined that a local man – Guido Schuette – had likely perished in the blast that levelled the block in which he lived, and which damaged similar…Read moreRead more
Video – Camera rolls as excavator falls…
Basement collapse claims another victim as camera looks on. A local resident has captured the spectacular moment that a demolition excavator tipped into a hidden basement and collapse into a German street. The accident happened in Schorndorf, near Stuttgart. The operator – thankfully – was uninjured in the incident. In the second video, you can…Read moreRead more
Video – Boston building collapses during demolition…
Three storey block pierces neighbouring property with residents inside. An empty three-story apartment building on Newbury Street in Lawrence collapsed Wednesday as it was being demolished, tilting onto an occupied apartment building next door. Residents of the adjacent building, which had six units housing about 15 people, were evacuated and will not be allowed to…Read moreRead more
Video – Surely there’s a better way…?
Necessity is the mother of invention; but sometimes her offspring is questionable. The ingenuity of man never ceases to amaze and bewilder. And for every great invention – the steam locomotive, the internal combustion engine, the jet aircraft, the Space Shuttle, and the iPhone – there is a Sinclair C5. So it should come as…Read moreRead more
Video – Narrow escape for family of five…
Demolition debris crashes through window into family home. A mother and her four young children escaped serious injury when debris from a building being demolished next door came crashing through their window. Marissa Williams was in her first-floor apartment in Wilkinsburg on Tuesday with her 7-month-old son and three young daughters when bricks, mortar and…Read moreRead more
Two workers killed in Bangkok collapse…
Investigation launched after tower block tumbles. Two demolition workers were killed yesterday when an eight-storey building under demolition on Sukhumvit Soi 87 in Bangkok collapsed. Rescue workers, police and fire-fighters continued their search for two workers believed to be trapped under the debris. It was initially reported that four workers were trapped in the building,…Read moreRead more
