<div><span>Four persons were killed when a four-storey building collapsed in Inderlok area in North Delhi today.<br /><br /></span><div>Twelve persons were rescued from under the debris and rushed to hospitals, police said.</div><div>While three persons were brought dead at Bara Hindu Rao Hospital, one person was brought dead at Acharya Bhikshu Hospital.<br /><br /></div><div>"Five persons were brought to our hospital out of which three were brought dead. Two others were injured and they are being treated," said Dr R B Mittal, Medical Superintendent, Bara Hindu Rao Hospital.<br /><br /></div><div>According to fire officials, they got a call around 9 AM about a building collapsing at Tulsi Nagar in Inderlok following which four fire tenders were rushed to the spot for the rescue operations.<br /><br /></div><div>The incident took place in a congested locality and seems to have been caused by construction work on an adjacent plot, a fire official said.<br /><br /></div><div>"The building was around 50 year old and a number of families lived there," said Deputy Commissioner of Police (North) Madhur Verma.</div></div>
<div><span>Four persons were killed when a four-storey building collapsed in Inderlok area in North Delhi today.<br /><br /></span><div>Twelve persons were rescued from under the debris and rushed to hospitals, police said.</div><div>While three persons were brought dead at Bara Hindu Rao Hospital, one person was brought dead at Acharya Bhikshu Hospital.<br /><br /></div><div>"Five persons were brought to our hospital out of which three were brought dead. Two others were injured and they are being treated," said Dr R B Mittal, Medical Superintendent, Bara Hindu Rao Hospital.<br /><br /></div><div>According to fire officials, they got a call around 9 AM about a building collapsing at Tulsi Nagar in Inderlok following which four fire tenders were rushed to the spot for the rescue operations.<br /><br /></div><div>The incident took place in a congested locality and seems to have been caused by construction work on an adjacent plot, a fire official said.<br /><br /></div><div>"The building was around 50 year old and a number of families lived there," said Deputy Commissioner of Police (North) Madhur Verma.</div></div>