New Delhi: At least four people died and several others are feared trapped after a four-storey building collapsed in Mustafabad area in northeast Delhi in the wee hours of Saturday.
According to reports quoting police, at least 14 people have been rescued so far. The rescued persons had been shifted to the GTB Hospital.
#WATCH | Delhi | 4 people died after a building collapsed in the Mustafabad area; rescue and search operation is underway
8-10 people are still feared trapped, said Sandeep Lamba, Additional DCP, North East District pic.twitter.com/UT0KcxUcSO
— ANI (@ANI) April 19, 2025
Rescue teams from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), firefighters, and Delhi Police are carrying out the rescue operation. Cops have launched an investigation to ascertain the cause behind the building’s collapse.
A senior NDRF official highlighted the difficulty being faced by the rescue teams in moving heavy machinery in the congested alleys of Mustafabad, reported the India Today.
#WATCH | Delhi: Mustafabad building collapse caught on camera.
As per Delhi Police, “Among the 10 people who were taken out, 4 succumbed. Rescue operations still underway”
(Source – local resident) https://t.co/lXyDvOpZ3q pic.twitter.com/NlknYWODRR
— ANI (@ANI) April 19, 2025
In a CCTV footage shared by a local resident, the exact moment of the collapse has been captured. It shows a huge gust of wind and dust blowing across the alley, just after the building collapsed.
Last week, two people were killed and three injured in separate incidents – a building collapse and a wall collapse – in the Delhi-NCR region.
