Rescue employees take away a physique from beneath the rubble after a residential constructing collapsed in Tripoli, Lebanon, on February 9, 2026.
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The variety of folks killed in a constructing collapse within the metropolis of Tripoli in northern Lebanon has risen to fifteen, state media reported Monday (February 9. 2026).
An extra eight folks had been injured, the state-run Nationwide Information Company reported. Lebanon’s civil defence mentioned a minimum of one particular person suffered a gunshot wound. Residents of the world gathered across the crater the place the constructing had fallen and fired within the air following the collapse.
The six-story residence constructing within the impoverished Bab Tabbaneh neighbourhood collapsed on Sunday (February 8, 2026) afternoon. Residents of Tripoli, Lebanon’s second largest metropolis, have lengthy complained of presidency neglect and shoddy infrastructure.
Constructing collapses aren’t unusual in Tripoli because of poor constructing requirements, however the incident on Sunday (February 8, 2026) sparked specific outrage because of the excessive demise toll.
Surrounding buildings within the space had been evacuated out of worry that they, too, could be structurally compromised.
Officers have pledged to analyze the reason for the collapse and take authorized measures in opposition to these discovered to be liable for it.
Revealed – February 09, 2026 06:14 pm IST