At least four people have died and 14 others have been rescued after a four-storey building collapsed in the Mustafabad area of Delhi early Saturday morning. Police said around eight people are still feared trapped under the debris.
Sandeep Lamba, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (North East District), confirmed the incident occurred around 3 a.m.
“Fourteen people were rescued, but unfortunately four of them succumbed to their injuries. The rescue operation is still ongoing, and 8–10 individuals are feared to be trapped under the rubble,” Lamba told reporters.
Officials said teams from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Delhi Police, and the Delhi Fire Service are at the site, working to rescue those still trapped.
Rajendra Atwal, Divisional Fire Officer, said they received a distress call around 2:50 a.m. about the building collapse.
“When we arrived, we found that the entire building had collapsed and several people were trapped. Rescue operations are underway with the help of the NDRF and fire service teams,” he said.
This incident comes just days after a similar mishap on April 11, when one person died and two others were injured after a wall of an under-construction building collapsed during a dust storm near the Madhu Vihar police station.
(ANI)
