the Netherlands, today
Technical University Delft, department constructional engineering
water pipe broke
shorted some electrical coffee maker one floor below
9h30 fire
185 firemen
not able to control the fire
building collapsed
no casualties
http://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/105731/46ccb8cd/bouwkunde_gebouw_delft_stort_in.html
no wonder that they have all sorts of building issues in the Netherlands
like newly built apartments where owners are told after 6 months, that they should not use the balcony "cause it might fall off"
or newly built parking lot's in mall's, that have to be closed because pillars look like they might give way any time...
on the upside, they won't have to pay anybody to design and build a new place for them...
they can do it themselves!
maybe they can use that for graduation thesis, as most their work went up in flames... and i guess they can focus on fire prevention, retardants and suppression in public buildings