LAHORE: At least three people were killed and two injured Friday night when the roof of Bagh-e-Jinnah's Cosmopolitan Club collapsed, Geo News reported, citing rescue officials.

The rescue team explained that the rundown building was under construction when the roof "lenter" broke away, bringing the entire ceiling down on the five labourers sitting under.

As the debris was removed, all five were found but two of them died.



While the wounded were shifted to a nearby hospital, none of the five, including the deceased, have been identified yet.



One of those injured was in critical condition. </s> LAHORE: Three labourers were killed and another two injured when the roof of the Bagh-e-Jinnah Cosmopolitan Club's dining hall collapsed on Friday. The rescuers pulled three bodies and two survivors out of the rubble. One victim was identified as Liaqat, 38. The other two were yet to be identified. The injured identified as Ameen, 50 and Sheryar, 20 were admitted to a local hospital. Rescuers said the roof of the dining hall was being demolished when it suddenly caved in. </s> Share:

LAHORE - Three men were killed and two others wounded critically when the roof of an under-construction apartment collapsed on them near Cosmopolitan Club inside the Bagh-e-Jinnah on Friday evening, rescue workers said.

Three of the five victims died on the spot, officials said. However, two injured men were shifted to a hospital where their condition was said to be stable.

A rescue official said that some labourers were trying to dismantle the lenter of a house adjacent to the club when its roof collapsed on them, all of a sudden.

“One of the five victims was trapped in the building as rescuers reached there. And two men were lying there with not breathing and no pulse,” Muhammad Farooq, a spokesman for the Punjab Emergency Service said.

Rescuer workers pulled out the bodies from the rubble and shifted to morgue.

Two of the deceased persons were identified as 50-year-old Ameer Bakhsh and 38-year-old Liaqat. Another body was not identified yet.

The wounded were taken to hospital where they are stated to be out of danger.

The injured persons including Muhammad Amin and Shaharyar were shifted to hospital. Authorities were investigating the incident. </s> TEHRAN (Tasnim) – At least three people died and dozens were feared trapped when a building collapsed in India’s financial capital of Mumbai Thursday, after days of heavy rain swamped the city.

Rescuers using diggers could be seen sifting through the remains of the four-story residential building which gave way around 08:40 am (0310 GMT) in the densely populated area of Bhendi Bazaar.

It was the latest deadly housing collapse to strike the teeming metropolis — shining a spotlight on poor construction standards in the Asian country — and came after heavy rains and inundations in the city killed 10 people.

A spokesman for the Mumbai civic authority’s disaster control team said three bodies had been pulled from the rubble.

“Three people are dead and thirteen injured have been rescued from the building collapse. Two firemen also have been injured during the rescue operations,” Tanaji Kamble, told AFP.

An official in the control room of India’s National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) said dozens more were thought to be trapped, he added.

“Forty people are believed to be stuck inside and a 43-member team is conducting rescue operations,” the official said.

He said eight or nine families were thought to have been living in the building.

Building collapses are common in Mumbai, especially during the monsoon season from late June to September, when heavy rains lash the western Indian city. </s> Ten people were killed and two were injured when a four-storey hotel collapsed in a crowded part of the central Indian city of Indore late on Saturday, a local police official said.

Rescue operations were complete and no other casualties were likely, assistant sub-inspector Ramesh Kirade told Reuters by telephone.

While the building was old, the reason for its collapse was not immediately known, Kirade said.

According to local news reports, the building collapsed after a heavy vehicle rammed into it.

Building collapses are common in India, where unscrupulous builders and officials often dodge regulations or overlook the need to renovate old structures.

In August, a 117-year-old building collapsed in the financial hub of Mumbai killing at least 22 people. </s> The death toll in a building collapse in the western Indian city of Mumbai has increased to 17, the fire department said.

Rescue workers continued to search for survivors at the site where the five-storey building came crashing down on Tuesday.

At least 13 people were injured and about a dozen are still unaccounted for. The building was in an eastern suburb of Mumbai, India’s business and entertainment capital.

Relatives of people trapped under the rubble of the collapsed building watch the rescue operation in Mumbai (Rafiq Maqbool/AP/PA)

The cause of the collapse is still being investigated. Such accidents are common in India during the monsoon season, which is June to September. Poor enforcement of regulations encourages some builders to cut corners, use substandard materials or add unauthorised extra floors, leading to such accidents.

In addition, old buildings continue to be used without adequate safety checks.

On Tuesday, a portion of a 100-year-old building collapsed in the eastern city of Kolkata, killing two people. </s> Twelve people are dead and up to 25 are trapped under a building that has collapsed after torrential rains lashed Mumbai, municipal authorities say.

Rescue workers, police and local residents helped pull 13 people out of the rubble when the five-storey building collapsed in India's commercial hub.

Rescue operations were underway to rescue those trapped in the debris, police said.

Thousands of Mumbai buildings that are more than 100 years old are at risk of collapse, their foundations weakened partly by some of the heaviest rainfall that the city has had in more than 15 years.

Television images showed people on top of the debris, looking for those trapped as rescue personnel reached the spot.

"Rescue operations are already underway," the fire control room official said.

"We have sent 12 fire brigade vehicles to the spot.

"Ambulances are also ready to take the victims to the hospital."

A National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team was also involved in the rescue operations.

Authorities advised people living in an adjacent building to leave after it developed cracks following the collapse.

Last month, 17 people were killed when a four-storey building collapsed in an eastern suburb of Mumbai.

Building collapses are common in India during the monsoon season, which is June to September.

High demand and lax regulations encourage some builders to use substandard materials or add unauthorised extra floors. </s> NEW DELHI — The death toll in a building collapse in the western Indian city of Mumbai rose to 17 Wednesday, a day after the accident occurred, the fire department said.

Rescue workers continued to search for survivors at the site where the five-story building came crashing down.

At least 13 people were injured and about a dozen are still unaccounted for. The building was in an eastern suburb of Mumbai, India's business and entertainment capital.

The cause of the collapse is still being investigated. Such accidents are common in India during the monsoon season, which is June to September. Poor enforcement of regulations encourages some builders to cut corners, use substandard materials or add unauthorized extra floors, leading to such accidents. </s> At least 21 people died yesterday when a building collapsed in India's financial capital Mumbai, as the city mops up after heavy rain that has wreaked havoc in many parts of South Asia.

Thirteen people were rescued, but some were feared trapped under the rubble in the densely populated area of Bhendi Bazaar.

This was the most recent deadly housing collapse to strike the metropolis, shining a spotlight on poor construction standards in India.

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