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Penang's city council will hire consultants to inspect heritage buildings for structural defects and termite damage, responding to a collapse on Lebuh Armenian that injured two Sri Lankan visitors.
A structural failure at a heritage building in George Town's Armenian Street has left two Sri Lankan tourists injured. Penang authorities have now mandated comprehensive safety inspections across all heritage properties in the state.
A powerful explosion rocked Aeon Mall Kumamoto on Tuesday evening, trapping multiple people and causing structural collapse. The incident followed a magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck the region earlier that day.
The owner of Sky Villa Condominium in Myanmar has been sentenced to five years imprisonment with hard labour by a Mandalay court. The 11-storey building collapsed during an earthquake, killing more than 200 people.