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A geotechnical report attributes the June 23 collapse of a warehouse on Tegucigalpa's ring road—which killed three people—to multiple factors including volcanic rock degradation, poor engineering decisions, water seepage, and slope instability, prompting officials to strengthen building codes and risk assessment.

Authorities recovered the body of accountant Félix Núñez in the Loarque area, bringing the death toll to two from a collapse on Tegucigalpa's peripheral ring road.

Firefighters recovered the body of a third person killed in a major landslide in southern Tegucigalpa.

A security guard who witnessed a building collapse in the Loarque sector of Tegucigalpa that buried part of a business recounted the harrowing moments of the incident.

Relatives of Karen Girón are waiting for word as search teams continue operations at the site of a structure collapse along Tegucigalpa's ring road (anillo periférico).

A partial hillside collapse in the Loarque neighborhood of Comayagüela sparked a large fire at a nearby business on June 23; municipal crews provided emergency support, water trucks, and search coordination to control the blaze and assess ongoing risks.

After nearly 40 hours of rescue work on Tegucigalpa's ring road, teams recovered the bodies of Claudia Varela, Félix Núñez, and Karen Girón from a warehouse collapse and fire.