3 buildings collapse in Delhi in two incidents, 9 hurt

April 17, 2023 22:55

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Nine people, including an infant, were injured in two separate incidents of buildings collapse in west Delhi, officials said on Monday.

In the first incident, nine people were injured when two houses collapsed in west Delhi's Nangloi area following a cylinder blast on Monday, they said.

The Delhi Fire Services said it was informed about the collapse around 5.15 am.

The victims were rescued by fire personnel and rushed to a hospital with the help of the public and police, a Delhi Fire Services official said.

The police rushed to the spot after houses D-1/100 and D-1/100A at Kunwar Singh Nagar, Street Number -- 10 in Nangloi collapsed.

Delhi Fire Services vehicles, two PCR vans, five ambulances, a Delhi Disaster Management Authority vehicle and a minibus of the Disaster Management Service also reached the spot, a senior police officer said.

Seven people were injured in the collapse of D-1/100, an old double-storey building. Two people were hurt in the collapse of the single-storey D-1/100A, deputy commissioner of police (outer) Harendra Singh said.

The injured were rescued from the debris with the help of local residents and fire services staff members and admitted to Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital in Mangolpuri, he said.

Among the injured were five males, including a five-year-old boy, and four females, including two children aged five years and six months, the police said. -- PTI

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