5 min read j e r u s a l e m may 25 2001 as frantic workers searched the rubble for more victims police have arrested three people in the collapse of a jerusalem banquet hall that killed at least two dozen revelers as they danced at a wedding.
Jerusalem wedding floor collapse.
This week will mark 10 years since the versailles disaster when the building s third floor dance floor collapsed during a wedding killing 23 guests and injuring hundreds.
אולמי ורסאי located in talpiot jerusalem is the site of the worst civil disaster in israel s history.
As a result 23 people fell to their deaths and approximately 380 were injured.
Police said the collapse was most likely caused by a structural failure jerusalem cnn at least 15 people were killed and more than 200 injured when a four story wedding hall collapsed in.
At 22 43 on thursday night may 24 2001during the weddingof keren and asaf dror a large portion of the third floor of the four story building collapsed.
As a result 23 people fell to their deaths through two stories including the groom s 80 year old grandfather and his three year old second cousin the youngest victim.
Another 380 were injured including the bride who s.
Into the early hours of friday morning.
Since then significant progress has been made in addressing structures built using pal kal the banned ceiling construction method that was a factor in the collapse.
The versailles wedding hall located in talpiot jerusalem israel was the site of the most lethal civil disaster in israel s history.
Israel wedding party tragedy at least 20 people have been killed and hundreds have been injured at a wedding party in jerusalem after the dance floor collapsed.
Guests were left clinging to.
The disaster occurred in the versailles wedding hall in jerusalem during a wedding when the dance floor collapsed causing many of those in the room to plunge to the floor below.