3 killed, 3 injured as building collapses in Jharkhand's Deoghar

Deoghar, July 7

Three people were killed and three were injured after being buried under the debris of a two-storey building that collapsed in Jharkhand’s Deoghar district on Sunday, officials said.

A rescue operation was under way as a few others were feared trapped under the debris of the building that collapsed around 6 am.

“As many as six people were retrieved from under the debris and brought to the Sadar Hospital here. Of them, two were brought dead. Another woman succumbed to the injuries. The treatment of the three others, including a child, is under way,” Deoghar Civil Surgeon Ranjan Sinha told PTI.

A team of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has been deployed for the rescue operation.

Deoghar Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Ritvik Srivastava told PTI, “A few more seem to be still trapped under the debris. The rescue operation is under way.”        

NDRF inspector Randhir Kumar, who is leading the operation, said efforts are on to retrieve the trapped people.