Bengaluru: A three-storey building collapsed in a heap and was reduced to rubble in a matter of seconds in Bengaluru on Monday.
No casualty was reported, but around 50 people had a narrow escape as they ran out of the building in the nick of time.
ANI shared a video of the incident which shows the building, which already had a slight tilt, comes crashing down on a narrow lane in a residential area.
Watch the video here:
#WATCH | Karnataka: A building collapsed in Bengaluru today, no casualties or injuries reported so far. Fire Department had evacuated the building before it collapsed. Officials rushed to the spot. Details awaited. pic.twitter.com/oWmUBsFm6E
— ANI (@ANI) September 27, 2021
According to local people, the 70-year-old building, located in the city’s Lakkasandra locality, housed labourers involved in the construction of Namma Metro. Some of them observed a crack in the old building and called emergency services.
Fire department personnel rushed to the spot and evacuated those who were still inside before the building came down.
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