Three persons were buried alive after a three-storey building collapsed in Visakhapatnam in the wee hours on Thursday. The deceased have been identified as S Durga Prasad (17), S Anjali (15) and Chotu (27). All three are from Bihar.
Two among the dead, Anjali & Durga Prasad, are siblings. According to sources, five persons were critically injured in the incident and were shifted to a hospital. A rescue operation is on to find other missing person.
Police personnel, NDRF and fire service personnel are at the spot and have managed to recover the three bodies from the debris. The search and rescue operation is underway, said assistant district fire officer R. Venkataramana.
“Prima-facie evidence shows that the neighbour had dug up the adjacent land for foundation, due to which this house’s foundation got weak. Even yesterday, he was getting a borewell dug in the adjacent land. A case has been registered & probe underway," Ch Srikanth, CP, Visakhapatnam.
Building Collapses in Delhi’s Rohini, No Casualty
An old and vacant four-storey building collapsed early on Thursday in the Rohini area here but there was no casualty, officials said.
According to the fire officials, information about the house collapse was received around 1.45 am. Four fire tenders were rushed to the spot.
No casualty has been reported till now and a search operation was underway, officials said.
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