Delhi: 8 injured after building collapses due to LPG cylinder blast
The injured were rescued by the DFS personnel and rushed to hospital, added the Delhi fire service. No casualties have been reported so far.
The injured were rescued by the DFS personnel and rushed to hospital, added the Delhi fire service. No casualties have been reported so far.
According to the Fire department, the building with a basement has ground plus three floors. The incident occurred while digging the adjacent plot's basement.
A "violent explosion" occurred at around 12:30 am, Marseille Mayor Benoit Payan said, adding eight people were missing, possibly trapped.
According to reports, no one was living in the building, which was left abandoned by its owner.
A four-storey building collapsed in North Delhi's Shastri Nagar area on Monday morning, an official said.
Meanwhile, disaster management teams are on the spot along with the JCBs to clear the debris of the collapsed building.
Previously, after the mishap near Raj Bhavan, KMC board chairman Firhad Hakim had said such tangle of overhead dangling wires need to be looked into by the power distributors.
According to an irrigation department official, cracks had started developing in the building a couple of days ago. Heavy monsoon rain yesterday further affected the stability of the foundation, exposed by the canal excavation, the official added.
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