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A passer-by died Saturday morning when the János Bolyai Military Technical College Üllöi street facade of the building collapsed – said the emergency services on standby.

The fall of the breakdown under the facade of the former Military Academy on Saturday morning in the capital city of Üllöi road. The breakdown for three days under the ruins of a building beyond recognition destroyed man’s body was found. The man turned out to be not the demolition work, but it was a passerby. Guczi Peter Small, the National Disaster Management press-representative reported that several buildings at once broken on the spot. The building collapsed in the morning working on the workers inside, but not at the time of the crash. The upper level of the building suddenly fell off the road.

The area was thoroughly investigated by a service dog, but no other victim has been found. The Index-site resident correspondent saw that the second-floor facade of two-storey building collapsed in the street. The two flowing debris felled trees, broken fences, and cutting off running in front of the building, two-lane road. The debris of a crumbling road was saved by a work-machine. The fire truck is in four locations. The police reported that the accident site covered with debris due to the closure of two lanes of traffic Koloman Üllöi Boulevard and the intersection of the overpass and a slow lane for the traffic police.

According to experts, can not be ruled out that the half fell further building collapses. But it has not yet decided who and what method to break the remnants of the building. Andras Gedeon, the National Labour Inspectorate, the spokesman told MTI, informed the inspectorate staff of the contractor, the demolition was carried out and the location of two equipment provided. The health and safety professionals are trying to explore the circumstances of the accident on Saturday, the technical investigation will only then – he added.

index.hu, 2008. Nov. 9. article

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A portion of Ray Chambers, a 106-year-old building near the Dockyard Road station, collapsed on Saturday morning, hours after the families living in its 75 flats were evacuated. Only three residents were inside during the collapse and all of them were rescued.

MHADA, which had declared the structure dangerous, had been carrying out repair works since Friday morning. When cracks appeared on the building in the evening, fire brigade and MHADA officials asked residents to evacuate.

MHADA public relations officer Vaishali Wagh said, “Since it is a cessed building, MHADA was carrying out repairs. When cracks appeared on Friday evening, we alerted the residents to leave.”

Some residents were gathering their belongings on Saturday morning when the collapse took place. “We rushed downstairs and saw the front portion collapsing like a pack of cards,” said second-floor resident Roshan Fernandes.

Faiz Abdullah, a passerby, said dust at the site limited visibility for nearly 15 minutes after the collapse. “It seemed like thick fog. We couldn’t see anything.”

Five fire engines and ambulances were rushed to the spot. “Three residents were inside gathering their belongings at the time of the collapse. We rescued all of them,” said Uday Tatkare, chief fire officer. Around 30 MHADA workers erecting bamboo supports for the facade also ran to safety, Tatkare added.

Residents said they had repeatedly written to the BMC about instability of their building but had not received any reply. BMC Assistant Municipal Commissioner (ward E) Prakash Patil denied having received any complaint. “MHADA is the agency responsible for carrying out the work and they were doing it. BMC did not receive any letter from residents,” Patil said.

From: www.indianexpress.com

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A building demolition in 9^th district of Budapest.