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Indian teams search for people trapped after deadly Delhi building collapse

From The Straits Times · () English

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  • Rescue teams searched a collapsed five-storey building in New Delhi after at least six people died.
  • AIIMS said its trauma centre received 10 victims, including five who arrived dead and one who later died from critical injuries.
  • Authorities warned that people could remain trapped in the rubble in the densely populated Satya Niketan area.

Indian rescue teams searched the rubble of a collapsed building in New Delhi on Sept. 7, a day after the five-storey structure fell and killed at least six people.

Emergency teams feared that others could still be trapped beneath the debris. Disaster agency personnel, firefighters and police used heavy machinery and sniffer dogs in the search.

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences said its trauma centre received 10 people from the collapse. Five were brought dead, while another patient later died after arriving in critical condition.

The collapse occurred in Satya Niketan, an area where hundreds of university students live in crowded accommodation. Building collapses occur frequently in India, where illegal structures are common. Prime Minister Narendra Modi called the incident “distressing”.

Distressing

· Narendra ModiThe Indian prime minister described the building collapse in a statement.
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