Guwahati: A building under construction fell on Saturday killing two persons in Hyderabad’s Shanthi Nagar area under Kukatpally Police Station.
According to the police, the two people were killed when the third storey of a building under construction fell. A four to five hour operation resulted in the rescue of several people who were trapped within the structure.
The fire brigade and NDRF teams were pressed into action to rescue the people and the bodies trapped in the Debris of the building.
“At 4 am we received a rescue call about a building collapse. We immediately sprung into action. 5 people were at the top of the building during the collapse. 3 people were rescued and 2 died,” said the Fire Officer on an under-construction building collapse in Shanthi Nagar, Kukatpally.