What could cause the ceiling above the shower in my bottom floor apartment to cave in?

What could cause the ceiling above the shower in my bottom floor apartment to cave in?
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I can’t tell you, but I can say that this happened to me years ago. The landlord had the second-floor unit and I was on the first floor. One night (luckily when I was not in the shower) I heard an astonishing phlumph and found that my entire bathroom ceiling was on the floor. What a mess. It did turn out that my landlord had a leak around his bathtub. He had the whole thing fixed, of course, but it sure cramped my style for a little while there. I hope you notified your landlord right away.
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