Delhi house collapses due to LPG blast days after Saket tragedy; 5 injured

The building collapse in Delhi's Mukundpur area comes days after another building collapsed in Delhi's Saidulajab near Saket metro station.

At least five people were injured when a suspected LPG cylinder explosion triggered the collapse of a single-storey house in north Delhi's Mukundpur on Tuesday morning, officials said, and added a search and rescue operation is underway.

The collapse was reported at 9.37 am in Gali No. 1, Part-2, Ishu Vihar. (HT File photo)

The Delhi Fire Services (DFS) said the house collapse was reported at 9:37am from Gali No 1 in Ishu Vihar, Mukundpur-II. It added that multiple rescue units, including a quick-response vehicle and an incident-response team, rushed to the spot.

Fire officials at the site reported that a suspected LPG cylinder blast caused the collapse, bringing down the single-storey structure built over approximately 250 square yards.

"Search and rescue operations are continuing," a DFS officer said, adding that teams were combing through the debris to ascertain whether anyone remained trapped under the rubble.

The injured were rushed to a hospital before the fire department teams reached the spot. The condition of the injured was not immediately known. Authorities were yet to determine the exact cause of the blast. Police and other emergency response agencies were assisting in the rescue operation.

The building collapse in Mukundpur area comes days after another building collapsed in Delhi's Saidulajab near Saket metro station, killing at least six people.

At around 7pm on Saturday, a six-storey building collapsed and fell onto a neighbouring canteen. The building's owner, 71-year-old Karamveer Zaildar was later arrested and booked for culpable homicide not amounting to murder, negligent conduct with respect to buildings and causing hurt.