What the records say
- When
- 7 Nov 2008
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 18.52° N, 72.28° W
- Description
- A two-story school in Pétion-Ville, Haiti, collapses with 500 students inside, killing at least 75 people.
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 2008 Pétion-Ville school collapse.
2008 Pétion-Ville school collapse
Building collapse in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
The Pétion-Ville school collapse occurred on November 7, 2008, in Pétion-Ville, a suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, when the church-operated Collège La Promesse Évangélique collapsed at around 10:00 a.m. local time. About 700 students from kindergarten through high school attended the school; however, it is unclear how many were in the three-story building when it collapsed.
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