SALISBURY — The Rowan County Special Operations Task Force has engaged in a number of training programs in recent years, most recently taking part in a two-week structural-collapse training. The class ...

Throughout the country, structural collapse incidents occur routinely. They take place because of the aging of structures, construction or renovation work and, with ever-increasing frequency, natural ...

Nairobi City County Government has issued a situation report following the collapse of a 14-storey building, earlier reported ...

Emergency crews from numerous companies from Berks and Lebanon counties teamed up to rescue a woman from her South Mountain home after a fallen tree cut through the roof overnight and pinned her in ...

A man was being treated at Pittsburgh’s Allegheny General Hospital after emergency crews freed him from a collapsed trench early Friday in Charleroi. Rescue workers freed the man at about 1:30 a.m.

When a building collapses, the victims trapped beneath the rubble can only pray that someone finds them before it is too late. If a disaster like that should occur in Southwest Virginia, citizens can ...

Rescue efforts at the collapsed 16-storey building in South C, Nairobi, paused as nearby instability prompted evacuations.

A gas leak triggered a series of explosions and a fire at Silver Lake Nursing Home, near Philadelphia, leading to the deaths of at least two individuals. Rescue teams worked tirelessly to search for ...

Officials said they are still considering this a search and rescue mission. The death toll in the Surfside, Florida, residential building collapse has risen to five, officials said. A body was ...