Ohio woman has lucky escape as gas canister travels 1,400 feet and punches hole in her house. A woman had walked out of her room just moments before a 100-pound canister came crashing into her home Sunday, according to Hamilton Police Sgt. Brian Robinson. The compressed air cylinder was accidentally launched about 1,400 feet away…Read moreRead more
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Narrow escape as gas canister hits house…
Video Exclusive – Maylarch on site of deadly blast…
Demolition contractors aids emergency services after explosion. On Tuesday 14 February, an as-yet-unexplained explosion ripped trough a three-storey residential block at Osney Mill in Oxford. Emergency services quickly determined that a local man – Guido Schuette – had likely perished in the blast that levelled the block in which he lived, and which damaged similar…Read moreRead more
Video – Camera rolls as excavator falls…
Basement collapse claims another victim as camera looks on. A local resident has captured the spectacular moment that a demolition excavator tipped into a hidden basement and collapse into a German street. The accident happened in Schorndorf, near Stuttgart. The operator – thankfully – was uninjured in the incident. In the second video, you can…Read moreRead more
Video – Boston building collapses during demolition…
Three storey block pierces neighbouring property with residents inside. An empty three-story apartment building on Newbury Street in Lawrence collapsed Wednesday as it was being demolished, tilting onto an occupied apartment building next door. Residents of the adjacent building, which had six units housing about 15 people, were evacuated and will not be allowed to…Read moreRead more
Video – Surely there’s a better way…?
Necessity is the mother of invention; but sometimes her offspring is questionable. The ingenuity of man never ceases to amaze and bewilder. And for every great invention – the steam locomotive, the internal combustion engine, the jet aircraft, the Space Shuttle, and the iPhone – there is a Sinclair C5. So it should come as…Read moreRead more
Video – Narrow escape for family of five…
Demolition debris crashes through window into family home. A mother and her four young children escaped serious injury when debris from a building being demolished next door came crashing through their window. Marissa Williams was in her first-floor apartment in Wilkinsburg on Tuesday with her 7-month-old son and three young daughters when bricks, mortar and…Read moreRead more
Two workers killed in Bangkok collapse…
Investigation launched after tower block tumbles. Two demolition workers were killed yesterday when an eight-storey building under demolition on Sukhumvit Soi 87 in Bangkok collapsed. Rescue workers, police and fire-fighters continued their search for two workers believed to be trapped under the debris. It was initially reported that four workers were trapped in the building,…Read moreRead more
Industry veteran killed in accident…
Another high profile site death further tarnishes tragic year. An operator of an excavator at the Gap Inc. distribution centre died Saturday after a piece of steel beam pierced the cab, according to state police. The operator of the Komatsu excavator was pronounced dead at the scene. DemolitionNews understands that the man killed is industry…Read moreRead more
Video – Excavator crushed as block falls…
No information on the well-being of the operator; but this is not for the squeamish. There are times when we genuinely question our decision to present demolition in a warts-and-all fashion and without the filter of rose-coloured spectacles. This is one of those occasions. A tower block falls onto an excavator with a operator inside….Read moreRead more
Video – 40-watt club recruits another…
You cut the base out of a concrete tower. What did you think would happen? Any demolition method that requires the operative involved to possess the speed of Usain Bolt and the reflexes of a startled cat must surely be questionable. And yet, time and again, YouTube throws up examples of these oxygen thieves risking…Read moreRead more
