Supermarket Roof Collapse

54 dead in supermarket roof collapse while accepting political responsibility latvian prime minister valdis dombrovskis resigned wednesday over the supermarket roof collapse that occurred last thursday.

Supermarket roof collapse.

The area surrounding the coles supermarket at park holme has been cordoned off as emergency crews work to remove the structure and secure the building. On april 23 1988 within minutes of the grand opening of a new save on foods store a 6 400 square foot 590 m 2 portion of the roof collapsed sending the rooftop parking deck and 20 automobiles crashing into the produce section below. Firefighters were able to shut off the water a short time later but the. The supermarket will be closed for the day.

On 21 november 2013 the roof of a maxima shopping centre in the zolitūde neighbourhood of riga latvia collapsed at 17 41 local time resulting in the deaths of 54 people including three rescue workers and injuries to another 41 people. Shoppers were startled when torrents of water began streaming through the supermarket s ceiling in. Shoppers in a tesco store in scotland were stunned after the roof caved in amid heavy downpours. And another 40 people were injured.

There were no fatalities and 21 people were treated in hospital. The city s fire chief sylvain dufresne said the roof collapse also broke a water pipe which subsequently flooded the store. An unknown number of people were able to leave the store on their own after the initial collapse. Cnn the death toll from the collapse of a roof at a supermarket in latvia s capital riga climbed friday to 51 the mayor said.

Between five and seven people are still believed trapped in the. A huge storm rolling over the north west of england caused the roof of an asda to cave in. At least 54 people are dead from the roof collapse in the maxima supermarket in riga latvia built in 2011. The reason for the collapse last night was still not known but appeared to have been caused by workers building a winter garden on the supermarket s roof prime minister valdis dombrovskis.

Shoppers were evacuated from an aldi supermarket this afternoon after its ceiling tiles started to fall one by one.