New Delhi, Sept. 6 -- Three people were killed and several others injured after a five-storey building being used as a boys' paying guest accommodation collapsed in south-west Delhi's Satya Niketan on Sunday afternoon, officials said.
According to the AIIMS Trauma Centre, seven people were brought to the facility following the collapse, of whom three were declared dead on arrival. Another person was taken to Safdarjung Hospital for treatment.
The incident triggered a large-scale rescue operation as emergency personnel searched through the rubble for those feared trapped beneath the collapsed structure. While eyewitnesses and local residents put the possible number of people trapped at more than 15, authorities said the exact figure was ye...