New Delhi: Five people are feared to be trapped under debris after a two-storeyed building collapsed in south Delhi’s Ambedkar Nagar area on Thursday evening.
The police control room received a call at 4.24 pm that two floors of a building had collapsed at J Block, DDA Market, and five people were trapped.
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“However, the exact number of people trapped is yet to be ascertained. Staff from Delhi Fire Services (DFS) and Delhi Police are at the site and rescue operation is underway,” said a police officer.
ANI quoted a DFS official as saying that one person has been rescued after a portion of an under-construction building collapsed near Nanki Public School in Dakshinpuri.
Five fire tenders were rushed to the site, and search operation is ongoing.
