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City investigators opened a preliminary criminal inquiry into what caused columns to buckle in a 37-story Midtown building being converted from offices to apartments; the probe by the NYCDOI and Manhattan DA is in its early stages with targets unclear as workers stabilize the structure and evacuations were carried out.
A Midtown Manhattan high-rise formerly Pfizer HQ buckled due to extra load from added upper floors and was evacuated. Crews have installed temporary shoring and are stabilizing the structure while a city DOB-led investigation determines the cause and how to prevent recurrence. The developer says the building is stabilized and will be rebuilt without delaying overall delivery. Four nearby buildings remain evacuated, and unions are raising concerns about non-union labor on the project.
An unoccupied 37-story high-rise under construction near Grand Central was evacuated after steel support columns on the 21st floor buckled; officials later said the building is stable and monitoring continues, with plans to shore the affected floor and extend stabilization to other areas as nearby evacuations subside.
Two structural columns buckled on the 21st floor of the under‑construction former Pfizer headquarters at 219 East 42nd Street, triggering evacuations of nearby buildings. Crews installed temporary shoring and are adding steel supports to stabilize the Midtown high-rise, with more stabilization work planned in the coming days. Some blocks have reopened, but several buildings remain evacuated or partially evacuated as investigators assess causes and next steps for reinforcement.
A 37-story Midtown East high-rise at 235 E. 42nd St, being converted from Pfizer’s former HQ, had buckling structural beams on the 21st–22nd floors, prompting evacuations of nearby buildings and street closures as emergency crews and engineers monitor movement and prepare stabilization with emergency trusses; there are no injuries, a frozen zone remains in place, and investigators will determine the cause.
A blaze in a 10-storey Antwerp apartment block killed several people and injured others as thick smoke spread rapidly; firefighters evacuated residents and continued searching flats for victims.
A family of three has been named following a death after falling from a high-rise block in south London. The victims are Aditi Vijay Paralkar, 46, Rakesh Narayan Pai, 47, and their nine-year-old son Sid Pai Paralkar. Police say they are keeping an open mind about the circumstances and are appealing for information as investigations by the Metropolitan Police and emergency services continue.
A 2020 outbreak in Santander’s seven-story building was likely driven by shared bathroom ventilation ducts, with virus-laden aerosols moving between vertically connected apartments. Researchers sequenced viruses to confirm links, monitored air flow and CO2 levels, and found infections only in units connected via the same shaft; blocked vents appeared protective. The findings underscore the risk of shared infrastructure in multi-unit housing and echo past scenarios like Amoy Gardens, prompting proactive ventilation safeguards in buildings.
A Chinese father and his mistress were executed after being found guilty of throwing his two children to their deaths from a high-rise apartment window in 2020. The father and his mistress saw the children as an obstacle to their relationship and staged the incident as an "accidental" fall. The Supreme People’s Court upheld the death penalty, ruling the motive for the killings as despicable and deserving of severe punishment.
Around 30 floors of an under-construction luxury condominium tower in downtown Los Angeles were covered in graffiti, prompting the LAPD to pledge better security measures for the site near the home of the Lakers. The Oceanwide Plaza project, located across from the Crypto.com Arena, has faced construction delays and financial challenges, with the recent graffiti incident adding to a series of attention-grabbing vandalism cases in the city, including the spray-painting of the new 6th Street Viaduct.
French climber Remi Lucidi, known as "Remi Enigma" on social media, has been found dead in Hong Kong after falling from a high-rise building while attempting a stunt. The 30-year-old man gained a large following by posting photographs from tall structures around the world. Police believe he fell from a ledge and no suicide note was found. The man had entered an apartment block under false pretenses and knocked on a penthouse window before his fatal fall, which broke a gas pipe. Supporters mourned his death on social media.
A sofa was caught in hurricane winds and flew off a 21-storey block in Ankara, Turkey, before crashing into a neighbouring house. The incident was filmed by a neighbour and the footage shows the sofa twisting and turning in slow motion before hitting the ground with a thump. The violent weather has caused destruction across the country, including ripping off the roof of a shopping centre and destroying the minaret of a mosque. Ankara Mayor Mansur Yavas has put all relevant teams on alert to intervene in the negative effects of the rain.
A Chicago firefighter died and three others were injured while responding to a high-rise building fire on Lake Shore Drive. Two civilians were also injured. The fire was confined to one large apartment on the 27th floor, which did not have sprinklers. The firefighter who died was identified as 55-year-old Lieutenant Jan Tchoryk. He collapsed on the 27th floor while leading a crew and died later in the hospital. This is the second firefighter death in two days in Chicago.
A veteran firefighter, Lt. Jan Tchoryk, has died and three others were injured in an extra-alarm blaze at a high-rise building in Chicago's Gold Coast neighborhood. This marks the second firefighter to die in two days during a blaze. The cause of Tchoryk's death is not yet known. The building, which did not have sprinklers, was confined to one large apartment on the 27th floor. The high-rise was cited last year for allowing bushes and shrubbery to obstruct an exterior firehose connection.
A high-rise fire broke out in the Gold Coast neighborhood of Chicago, with large flames seen coming from a window on the 27th floor of the building. Three firefighters have been injured, with one in critical condition, and some residents have been evacuated. Part of inner Lake Shore Drive is closed while crews remain on the scene. The building is a condo and apartment building with over 260 units, and there were no sprinklers on the 27th floor.