There was heavy rain in Delhi on Friday, which brought relief from the heat, but a 4-storey building collapsed in Mustafabad area late Friday night. 4 people died in the accident. More than 10 people are still feared to be trapped.
The incident took place around 3 am. Rescue operations involving teams from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Delhi Fire Services and Delhi Police were launched, senior police officer Sandeep Lamba said.
Lamba said 14 people have been rescued, and four have died. About 8-10 people are still feared trapped.
Divisional Fire Officer Rajendra Atwal said they received a call about the mishap at around 2:50 am.
He said the fire department team reached the spot and discovered that the entire building had collapsed, and people were trapped under the debris. The NDRF and the Delhi Fire Services are working to rescue the people, he said.
The house collapse incident was reported hours after parts of Delhi received heavy showers, accompanied by gusty winds and thunderstorms.
Last week, a wall of an under-construction building collapsed during a severe dust storm near Madhu Vihar, leaving one person dead and two others injured.
In a separate incident on Saturday, five members of a family died after a house collapsed during a storm in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut.