Fatal DC building collapse raises questions on safety oversight a year later

A year after a tragic incident claimed the life of Edgar Sifuentes, a 36-year-old man, questions linger about the safety ...
NBC News

NYC apartment building partially collapses, ripping massive hole in Bronx high-rise

Emergency personnel responded to the partial collapse of an apartment building in New York City on Wednesday morning. At 8:10 a.m., an incinerator shaft collapsed at the public housing apartment ...
al.com

Bronx building collapse: New York City gas explosion destroys 20-story public housing

Part of a high-rise apartment in New York City collapsed Wednesday morning, leaving a corner of the public housing building a pile of rubble. The city’s fire department said it had no immediate ...
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Explosion causes collapse at NYCHA Bronx apartment building

There were no reports of injuries after an explosion in the Bronx caused a partial collapse of a high-rise apartment building on Wednesday morning. It happened at NYCHA's Mitchel Houses on Alexander ...
USA Today

NYC housing building left with gaping, 20-story hole after partial collapse

NEW YORK − A chimney spanning the entire 20 floors of a South Bronx public housing building collapsed down to the boiler room on Oct. 1, leaving a gaping expanse of exposed and broken brick all the ...
The New York Times

20-Story Public Housing Building in the Bronx Partly Collapses

Fire officials said a ventilation shaft in a building on Alexander Avenue had fallen in after reports of an explosion. There were no reports of injuries. By Mihir Zaveri Taylor Robinson and Miles G.