Watch: Three-storey building dramatically collapses in Bengaluru

The building housed labourers involved in the construction of Bengaluru's Namma Metro.

A 70-year-old building collapsed in Lakkasandra locality of Bengaluru in Karnataka on Monday morning. The building came down at about 11:45 am, and the visuals of the collapse have gone viral on social media. As many as 50 people had a narrow escape in the nick of time. No casualties or injuries were reported in the incident.

A video circulated on social media showed the dramatic collapse of the three-storey building. (Screengrab from ANI video)

According to reports, the three-storey building housed labourers involved in the construction of Namma Metro. Minutes before the building crashed, plaster from walls and the ceiling started coming off, alerting the occupants to call emergency services and ran out of the building. Fire department personnel rushed to the spot of the incident, cordoned off the area and carried out timely evacuation of the people living in and around the structure, before it fell down.

A video of the incident was widely circulated on social media and also shared by news agency ANI. The video showed the building, which already had a slight tilt, came crashing down on a narrow street in a residential area.

According to PTI, the building was very old and had developed cracks several days ago. An FIR was registered against the building owner Suresh for negligence and investigation is on.