Posts Tagged ‘tower-block’

Police watchdog probes flat fall

Friday, April 13th, 2012

The police watchdog is to investigate the death of a teenager who fell from a London tower block while apparently trying to escape officers.

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Police watchdog probes flat fall

Woman in police visit death fall

Tuesday, April 10th, 2012

An 18-year-old woman dies in a plunge from the 17th floor of a tower block during a police visit to a flat in south-east London.

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Woman in police visit death fall

Crowd ‘urged balcony man to jump’

Wednesday, October 5th, 2011

A failed asylum seeker fell from a Nottingham tower block after being taunted by a crowd of people, an inquest hears.

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Crowd ‘urged balcony man to jump’

Man quizzed over double shooting

Saturday, November 20th, 2010

A man is arrested on suspicion of shooting two men dead outside a tower block in Islington, north London.

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Man quizzed over double shooting

Crews quell fire at tower block

Tuesday, September 21st, 2010

A large number of people are evacuated from a London tower block after fire damages flats on two floors.

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Crews quell fire at tower block

Tower block collapses in Russia

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

People are feared to be buried after parts of a tower block collapsed in the Russian city of St Petersburg.

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Tower block collapses in Russia