Swimming Pool Roof Collapse

Swimming pool roof collapse.

Swimming pool roof collapse.

The part of the roof approximately 711 square feet in size. An undetermined number escaped injury or were treated on the scene for slight. A group of children at a swimming pool in taiwan came within inches of death when a part of the ceiling suddenly collapsed near them. The collapse took place on a roof terrace above the el trebol bar in the municipality of terrassa in the autonomous community of catalonia in north eastern spain when only the unnamed owner was inside the establishment at 7 am on saturday.

Last year the suspended ceiling of a municipal swimming pool in the netherlands collapsed due to a similar cause. In 1985 12 people were killed in uster switzerland when the concrete roof of a swimming pool collapsed only after thirteen years of use. About 40 people were believed to have been in the swimming complex when the ceiling section collapsed thursday night. The spate of roof terraces collapsing due to illegal rooftop swimming pools continues with another building another collapse.

The incident took place in a house on san jaime growing number of people had set up swimming pools on rooftops after being prevented from accessing public pools because of the lockdown. A teenage boy had a lucky escape after a roof terrace containing a newly erected swimming pool collapsed as he sat in the living room below. According to police the pool area was empty due to coronavirus. The roof was supported by stainless steel rods in tension which failed due to stress corrosion cracking.

Swimming pool roof collapse switzerland 1985 a concrete roof collapses after 13 years in use caused by stress corrosion cracking resulting in 12 deaths.