Residents of 14 properties evacuated after the partial collapse of three terraced houses in south London have been allowed back home more than 11 weeks after the incident. Structural engineers have evidently deemed the remaining buildings stable enough for reoccupation following inspections and temporary works to secure the damaged terrace. The case underlines the time and access constraints that follow even localised collapse events, with extended exclusion zones needed while assessing party wall integrity, shared foundations and potential progressive failure in dense urban streets.

A blast at the Habas Demir Celik iron and steel plant in Aliaga, Izmir province, killed 16 workers when a ceiling crane snapped and fell into an arc furnace during molten steel casting around noon on 9 November. Ten people remain trapped under rubble, while 13 were injured and two are in serious condition, with casualties distributed across several regional hospitals. The Turkish government has opened an investigation, putting overhead crane integrity, furnace-area lifting operations and maintenance regimes under immediate scrutiny for heavy steel plants.

Codelco has halted processing at its Andina copper division after an obstruction in the tailings transport system near the Rápido RV4 sector caused a partial tailings release that may have entered the Blanco River within the Río Blanco canyon, upstream of the Aconcagua River basin. Emergency actions include shutting the concentrator, suspending tailings transport, diverting flows to the Piuquenitos reservoir, and continuous river sampling, while water utility Esval has closed its Aconcagua surface intake and switched to underground sources for Los Andes. The incident coincides with disclosure of 42,100 tonnes of previously inflated copper output and a 17,000‑tonne inventory reporting discrepancy, intensifying regulatory and community scrutiny of tailings and water-risk management at Andina.