Three-storey building collapses in Kangra, one dead

  • | Saturday | 17th June, 2017

DHARAMSHALA: One person died and two persons were injured after a three-storey building collapsed in Jasoor area of Kangra region on late Friday evening. Rescue operations were on and reasons of the collapse were yet to be ascertained," said Sanjeev Gandhi, superintendent of police. Few others were feared to be trapped inside the rubble.Two cranes and one JCB machines were deployed at the spot. Teams of National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF), police and doctors were rushed to spot to carry out rescue operations. Preliminary inquiries have revealed that only shoes were kept in the building and there was nothing explosive or heavy material.

DHARAMSHALA: One person died and two persons were injured after a three-storey building collapsed in Jasoor area of Kangra region on late Friday evening. Teams of National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF), police and doctors were rushed to spot to carry out rescue operations. Few others were feared to be trapped inside the rubble.Two cranes and one JCB machines were deployed at the spot. NDRF teams rescued two injured persons and brought out a body till filling of this report.Police said according to the local people, there might not be more than two persons still trapped inside the rubble.Located near the telephone exchange, it was a private building and was used as a warehouse. Preliminary inquiries have revealed that only shoes were kept in the building and there was nothing explosive or heavy material."We have found only one body so far. Rescue operations were on and reasons of the collapse were yet to be ascertained," said Sanjeev Gandhi, superintendent of police. Building belonged to one Manoj Suri, a resident of Dalhousie in Chamba The deceased was aged around 45 years, while one of the injured was around 27 years old, said doctors who were on the spot for the first aid. The injuries were not serious in nature.

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