NEW DELHI: Rescuers say 11 soldiers are among a dozen bodies recovered from the debris of a three-story building that collapsed after monsoon rains hit a hilly area of northern India.
Gaurav Srivastav, an official from the National Disaster Response Force, or NDRF, says the rescuers are looking for two to three people still unaccounted after Sunday’s collapse.
Fire official Raja Ram Bhagate says the dead included 11 army soldiers who were having a party in a ground floor restaurant in the building when it collapsed. One civilian also was killed.
Several soldiers were among the 31 people rescued after the collapse occurred in Solan, a town in Himachal Pradesh state.
More than 70 NDRF rescuers and 40 fire officers have been clearing the rubble, using earth movers, drillers and gas cutters.
Building collapse kills 12 in India after monsoon rains
Updated 17 July 2019
Building collapse kills 12 in India after monsoon rains
- The rescuers are looking for two to three people still unaccounted after Sunday’s collapse
- The dead included 11 army soldiers who were having a party in a ground floor restaurant in the building when it collapsed
