building collapse

An explosion rocked an apartment building in suburban Atlanta, causing the three-story complex to partially collapse and leaving four people with minor injuries.

The District announced a plan for an early warning system to catch potentially unsafe building conditions. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

D.C. is putting new measures into place to try to prevent building collapses a week after a multi-story construction site toppled down, trapping and severely injuring a man, the mayor’s office announced. Mayor Muriel Bowser said in a news release Friday seven initiatives will enhance safety reviews of multifamily and commercial properties in the city. The steps include mandating...

The sister of a construction worker who was trapped in a collapsed building in Northwest D.C. says he is paralyzed and has a long recovery ahead. News4’s Mark Segraves reports.

A construction worker who spent more than 90 minutes trapped beneath three stories of debris when a building collapsed in D.C. has a lengthy recovery ahead and is traumatized from what happened, his sister says. Leonardo Moreto DaSilva, 27, was working on a building in the 900 block of Kennedy Street NW Thursday afternoon when it suddenly collapsed. “He remembers…

In a briefing on Friday evening, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava also announced that two additional victims had been found, bringing the total of confirmed deaths to 22.

Building Inspectors and city officials were at the scene of a building that collapsed on Kennedy Street Northwest. News4’s Mark Segraves reports more about the building’s history and permits.

President Joe Biden and his wife, first lady Jill Biden, travelled to Florida on Thursday to comfort families affected by the recent condo collapse.

News4’s Jackie Bensen spoke to a couple whose home was damaged when the building next door collapsed.

Team coverage from News4’s Mark Segraves and Shomari Stone.

A special operations team sawed through layers of rubble for more than an hour to rescue a construction worker from the wreckage in the 900 block of Kennedy Street NW, Fire Chief John Donnelly said.

Four workers who were rescued are hurt and one worker is trapped, fire officials say. News4’s Mark Segraves reports.

Firefighters sawed through layers of rubble for more than an hour Thursday evening to rescue a construction worker from the wreckage of a building that collapsed in Northwest D.C. A special operations team with D.C. Fire and EMS talked to the man throughout the process, and he was alert, conscious and speaking as they got him out of the...

A building collapsed in Northwest D.C. Thursday afternoon, trapping one person and injuring several others, fire officials say. Credit: DC Fire and EMS.

News4’s Mark Segraves spoke with members of Maryland’s Task Force One who know exactly what crews in Surfside, Florida, are going through.

An Arlington, Virginia, man is one of many family members waiting for answers on the whereabouts of loved ones after a condo building collapsed in Surfside, Florida. “I would say yesterday was just a shock day. Today, a lot of us woke up hoping it was a bad dream,” Alex Rodriguez told News4. Thursday morning, Rodriguez got a call from…

Alex Rodriguez says his mother and grandmother were in the condo building that collapsed in Florida. Alberto Pimienta reports.

Kevin Guthrie, director at Florida Division of Emergency Management, spoke Friday morning about an emergency declaration to assist in efforts in Surfside, Florida.

A soccer game may have saved Patricia Avilez’s life.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis made brief comments about the building collapse in Surfside, Fla., before a press conference on Thursday.