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The Highland Towers collapse was an apartment building collapse that occurred on 11 December 1993 in Taman Hillview, Ulu Klang, Selangor, Malaysia. The collapse of Block One of the apartments caused the deaths of 48 people and led to the complete evacuation of the remaining two blocks due to safety concerns. On 11 December 2010, coinciding with the seventeenth anniversary of the incident, AETN's History Channel showed an hour-long documentary on the tragedy, with accounts from the victims, their families and former residents. ==Background== The Highland Towers consist of three 12-storey blocks, built in phases between 1974 and 1982 at the western base of a steeply sloped hill which was later terraced extensively in the early 1980s. Each block was respectively named: *Block 1 (''built 1977, southern-most'') *Block 2 (''built 1979, north-northwest of block 1, slightly elevated than the other two, closer in to the hill'') *and Block 3 (''built 1981, northwest of block 1, west of block 2''). A swimming pool was located between northwest side of Block 2 and northeast rear of Block 3. Block 1 collapsed after 10 continuous days of rainfall led to a landslide after the retaining wall behind the Tower's car park failed. The towers were home to affluent middle-class families; a sizeable percentage of the residents were expatriates. The Highland Towers were notorious in the 1980s and early 1990s for being a popular spot for the wealthy people to hide their mistresses. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Highland Towers collapse」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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