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The Viale Giotto 120 Building collapse was a deadly accident which occurred in Foggia, Italy in the early morning of November 11, 1999. The building was an apartment complex with 26 flats, at the time less than 30 years old. 71 people lived in the building; 67 people were killed. ==Collapse== The six-story apartment building, located in the southern outskirts of Foggia, suffered a structural failure and imploded with few immediate warning signs: the whole collapse, registered by the seismographs of the Specola Nigri Institute, lasted only 19 seconds. First reports from the rescuers stated that 80 people could be buried under the rubble.〔ANSA news, november 11, 1999〕〔()〕 The first responders succeeded in saving nine survivors, mostly living in the top floors. One family, who had heard strange noises and tried to alert the property manager and the neighbors, escaped the building shortly before the final collapse and was found shocked but in good shape. Due to the likely presence of people under the rubble, excavators could not help the rescue. Vigili del Fuoco, volunteers and townspeople worked all night long to remove the debris, aided by search dogs and geophones. A fire broke out in the cellars of the building, where some mattresses were stored. Thick smoke covered the stricken area, impairing rescue operations and probably killing some of the survivors still under the debris. Autopsies later found that most of the victims died of asphyxia within the first two minutes of the collapse, both from a combination of dust and smoke. The last survivor was recovered around 11 pm on November 11, while dozens of bodies were still under the rubble. Two days later a public mass was celebrated in the city fair grounds, where the bodies were stored. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Via Giotto in Foggia building collapse」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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