Hope of finding alive about a dozen missing people was fading after a building in Russia partly collapsed.
Tag: Rescues
Denmark Train Accident Kills 6 and Shuts Down a Major Transit Artery
The disaster occurred as a passenger train and a freight train passed each other on a windswept bridge, but it was not immediately clear what happened.
‘New Year Miracle’ in Russia: Baby Is Pulled From Rubble
A baby boy survived subzero temperatures overnight in the rubble of an apartment building that was badly damaged by an explosion linked to a gas leak.
India Struggles to Save 15 Trapped Coal Miners
The workers have been trapped for two weeks, their chances of survival increasingly slim, local officials in the northeastern state of Meghalaya say.
Five U.S. Marines Missing in Aircraft Accident Off Japan
Japanese and American aircraft are searching the waters off Japan. Two people have been found.
At Least Four Dead in Collapse of Marseille Buildings
Several people remained missing after the buildings, one apparently vacant and the other housing apartments, fell near the city’s famous Old Port.
Marseille Buildings Collapse, and Rescuers Comb Ruins
Two buildings, one vacant, the other inhabited, gave way in the French city Monday morning. It was unclear if anyone had been inside.