| Welcome to Natural Hazards Forum. We hope you enjoy your visit. You're currently viewing our forum as a guest. This means you are limited to certain areas of the board and there are some features you can't use. If you join our community, you'll be able to access member-only sections, and use many member-only features such as customizing your profile, sending personal messages, and voting in polls. Registration is simple, fast, and completely free. Join our community! If you're already a member please log in to your account to access all of our features: |
| Giant crane bursts into flames, collapses on building in Australia. | |
|---|---|
| Tweet Topic Started: 27 Nov 2012, 09:11 PM (44 Views) | |
| Audi-Tek | 27 Nov 2012, 09:11 PM Post #1 |
|
Giant crane bursts into flames, collapses on building in Australia.![]() TODAY's Natalie Morales takes a look at video showing the biggest crane in Sydney, Australia, engulfed in flames then crashing down onto a nearby building. Thankfully, nobody was injured in the ordeal A 210-foot crane burst into flames and its arm then crashed onto a university building in Australia Tuesday as people fled. Video footage showed flames engulfing the engine and cabin of the crane.... Video link.... http://nbcnews.to/Y1jENO via @NBCNewsWorld t was the second crane collapse involving multinational construction company Lend Lease. It currently is being sued by two dentists over the collapse of a crane on a 90-story luxury apartment building in New York City during superstorm Sandy. The University of Technology Sydney said in a statement that the crane caught fire shortly before 10 a.m. local time (10 p.m. ET). The university said no one was hurt with students and staff evacuating buildings in the affected areas. It added it was working with Lend Lease and the authorities “to assess the safety of the site and surrounding area.” Fire crews quickly withdrawn Fire & Rescue NSW said in a statement that “a crane driver and a second worker in the cabin evacuated soon after firefighters arrived as the fire spread from the engine to engulf the cabin.” Fire crews were “quickly withdrawn when the fire started to destabilize the crane’s structural integrity and its fly boom [the crane arm] collapsed,” the statement said. About 200 people were evacuated from the area and a 0.6-mile exclusion zone was set up. On Oct. 29, during superstorm Sandy, a crane operated by Lend Lease collapsed on the One57 building, which includes a number of expensive apartments and a number of businesses. Earlier this month, Reuters reported that two dentists with offices near the building had filed a lawsuit against Lend Lease and other companies involved, saying they had been forced to close as the area was evacuated. Source ............ http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/27/15484438-giant-crane-bursts-into-flames-collapses-on-building-in-australia?lite |
![]() |
|
| 1 user reading this topic (1 Guest and 0 Anonymous) | |
| « Previous Topic · World News & Discussion · Next Topic » |







9:37 AM Jul 11