India, Oct. 8 -- At least three people - two children and a four-month pregnant woman - were confirmed dead and eight injured after a five-storey building collapsed in northeast Delhi's Seemapuri on Wednesday, trapping 11 people under its debris, police said. The death toll could be higher, as much as six, hospital officials said, citing the recovery of multiple body parts from the site.

The latest in a series of building-related tragedies to hit the Capital this year, the collapse once again brought into focus enforcement failures surrounding construction and structural safety in the city.

The building collapsed around 3.30pm in the cramped lanes of New Seemapuri, where locals rushed to help firefighters clear debris from the side of a...