Five-storey under-construction building collapses in Ghaziabad, one dead
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) were pressed into service soon after the incident and rescue and search operations were underway, police said.
Published: 22nd July 2018 05:06 PM | Last Updated: 22nd July 2018 06:39 PM | A+A A-
Rescue works underway after an under-construction building collapsed at Masuri in Ghaziabad on Sunday July 22 2018. | PTI
GHAZIABAD: A five-storey under-construction building collapsed here today, killing at least one person and injuring some others, officials said.
The building was located in Akash Nagar area of the Masuri police station limits.
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) were pressed into service soon after the incident and rescue and search operations were underway, police said.
"So far, we have pulled out one dead body and rescued one person trapped in the debris," a senior NDRF official told PTI.
The Ghaziabad police said in a tweet that some labourers were rescued and sent to a hospital for treatment.
#UPDATE: National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team has rescued a person from the site of a five-storey building collapse in Ghaziabad's Missal Gadi. One body has also been recovered by the team. pic.twitter.com/wJMUmsY8O4
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) July 22, 2018
There was no report as yet if there were more people trapped in the collapsed structure.
The incident comes within a week of a six-storey under-construction building collapsing on another five-storey building in Greater Noida.
Ghaziabad: NDRF team and dog squad are present at the site where a five-storey building collapsed in Missal Gadi. Search and rescue operation are underway. Seven people have been rescued so far. pic.twitter.com/R0kWEp4Y0j
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) July 22, 2018
The twin-building collapse in Shahberi village had claimed nine lives, including that of a toddler and two women.
