Rescuers retrieve eight bodies from collapsed building in India
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The commercial building, which had been used by multiple small companies, collapsed on the afternoon of Sept 7.
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NEW DELHI - Indian rescuers pulled out eight bodies on Sept 8 from the wreckage of a three-storey building in the city of Lucknow, reports said, with the state minister calling the deaths “heartbreaking”.
The Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency broadcast images of piles of concrete, and state rescue teams with heavy digging machines searching for bodies.
The commercial building, which had been used by multiple small companies – including as a warehouse and a vehicle workshop – collapsed on the afternoon of Sept 7.
PTI quoted officials as saying eight bodies had been pulled out, and 28 people were injured.
It was not clear if there were others still trapped.
The cause of the collapse is not known, but building and construction accidents are common during India’s June-September monsoon season, with old and rickety structures buckling under days of non-stop rain.
PTI quoted officials as saying eight bodies had been pulled out, with 28 people injured.
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Mr Akash Singh, who worked in the building, said a pillar had developed a crack.
He had moved to the ground floor, fearful the crack would worsen with lashing monsoon rains battering the city.
“Suddenly, the entire building collapsed on us,” PTI quoted Mr Singh as saying.
Uttar Pradesh state chief minister Yogi Adityanath called the deaths “heartbreaking” in a statement, and offered his condolences to the grieving families of the dead. AFP
