Evacuated building collapses in Delhi's Bhajanpura, no casualties reported

A building collapsed in the national capital's Bhajanpura area on Wednesday afternoon. According to the police, the fire department has reached the spot, and rescue operations are underway.

A three-storeyed building collapsed in the national capital's Bhajanpura area on Wednesday afternoon. According to fire officials, no casualty or injury has been reported in the incident as the building was vacated 12 days ago after being declared ‘dangerous’.

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The fire department received information at 3:05 pm, and immediately reached the spot, the police said. “SHO Jafrabad and SHO Bhajanpura rushed to the spot. The area was cordoned off. BSES and fire brigade also reached the spot and started rescue operation,” DCP northeast Joy Tirkey said. The removal of debris is underway, he added.

In a video shared by ANI, the building can be seen collapsing, while people can be heard screaming.

According to DCP Tirkey, the 20-year-old building had been built on a 25 square yards plot.

Earlier on March 1, a four-storey building collapsed after catching fire in north Delhi's Roshanara road. Three firemen suffered minor injuries and at least 50 firefighters had a narrow escape during the rescue operations.

“We immediately rushed 18 fire tenders to the spot. The fire broke out in the basement and spread to the ground floor. As it spread further, we worried that it may engulf the entire building and nearby houses (in the congested neighbourhood), and so we sent nine more tenders,” Delhi Fire Services (DFS) chief Atul Garg said.

According to DFS, the fire originated due to a short circuit in the basement.

(With inputs from ANI)