Delhi: 50-year-old building collapsed in Taimur Nagar, 2 dead

A 50-year-old building in south east Delhi’s Taimur Nagar collapsed on Friday morning, DCP South East Romil Baniya said.

At least two people including the owner of the building and a labourer were dead in the incident that took place at around 9:45 AM.

The fire department received a call at around 9:50 AM and three fire tenders along with a team of DDMA and local police immediately rushed to the spot.

The building was quite an old one and construction work was going on when the incident happened.

The collapsed building belonged to a retired government servant identified as Dhruv Kumar.

50-60 yrs old building collapsed at 9:45 AM in Taimur Nagar. It belonged to a retd Govt servant Dhruv Kumar; he along with a labourer may still be under the rubble. 3 fire tenders and a team of DDMA, local police are at the spot:DCP South East Romil Baniya #Delhi pic.twitter.com/3dvF50Lp0a

— ANI (@ANI) November 24, 2017