BUILDING COLLAPSES LIKE A HOUSE OF CARDS IN KAROL BAGH

14 people were rescued from the rubble in an eight-hour operation, as heavy machinery like cranes could not access the site.

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Four people died and 14 others sustained injuries when a five-storey building housing a slipper factory and residential accommodation for workers collapsed on Wednesday morning in a congested area in Bapa Nagar in central Delhi, police said. Rescuers faced a tough time as they reached the site after navigating through the very narrow lanes and 18 people were pulled out of the rubble during an eight-hour operation. Police said heavy machines like cranes could not reach the site.

The Chief of Delhi Fire Service (DFS), Atul Garg, said even stretchers couldn't be taken to the site. While sharing a video on X, Garg stated that DFS personnel carried the victims on their backs.