7 family members among 11 killed in Delhi building collapse
Sunday 20 April 2025 09:52 BST
Eleven people, including three children and seven from the same family, died from a building collapse in a neighbourhood in north-east Delhi in the early hours of Saturday.
Teams from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the Delhi Fire Services were seen working alongside locals to rescue individuals trapped under the collapsed four-storey building.
CCTV footage from a nearby building captured the collapse that occurred around 3 am local time on Saturday, leading to a thick cloud of dust filling the street.
“It felt like an earthquake. The floor shook beneath us, and before we could understand anything, everything was covered in dust,” one resident, who lives in the adjacent building, told Indian news agency PTI.
“We thought maybe something hit our house, but when we looked out, the entire building next to us had turned to rubble,” he said.
Police say 22 people were inside the building at the time of the incident.