Demolition crews have been trying — and failing — to bring down the 11-storey structure for more than a week, much to people's delight.

Cambodia is undergoing a construction boom to serve growing crowds of Chinese tourists and investors. 

Kenyan rescuers digging through the rubble of a six-story building found two survivors alive Sunday, two days after it collapsed in Nairobi and killed at least five people and injured 31 others.

It is unclear what caused the Hard Rock Hotel, which has been under construction for the last few months, to collapse.

The contractor thought the building was at risk of collapsing, so they tore it down for the safety of the neighborhood, said Montreal fire department spokesperson Louise Desrosiers.

It is the second such collapse around Mumbai in less than 10 days.

Rescue work at the site was underway to find out if any more workers were trapped in the rubble, said the city police chief, Maj. Thul Phorsda.

The two men, both in their 40s, were removing the floor from a two-storey building when the incident happened.

There were several small explosions from combustible material inside the building, which eventually collapsed on itself.

A fast-moving fire fuelled by natural gas destroyed several businesses and brought down two buildings in Dover, N.J., leaving more than 100 people homeless.