PTI, NOIDA: At least five people were killed and several feared trapped under the rubble of two adjacent buildings which collapsed in Greater Noida on the outskirts of the national capital, officials said today.
A six-floor under-construction building crashed on a five-storey building next to it, bringing it down as well, in Shahberi village under Bisrakh police station last night.
At least 12 labourers were in the under-construction building and all of them are feared trapped, Chief Fire Officer (CFO) Arun Kumar Singh said.
Two bodies were pulled out of the rubble late last night and another removed this morning as the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), the fire department and the police mounted a rescue operation.
This evening, about 20 hours after the buildings collapsed, two more bodies were brought out.
Rescuers deployed heavy machinery to shift concrete slabs and sniffer dogs tried to detect any signs of life.
A crowd of people hung around the mishap site, including some who believed their relatives were trapped under the debris. Local politicians and media teams thronged the area as NDRF personnel asked people to keep away.
