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Dilapidated building collapses in Lahore’s area of Metha Bazaar

Dilapidated building collapses in Lahore’s area of Metha Bazaar
May 11, 2020
LAHORE (92 News) – A dilapidated building located in Bhati Gate, an area of Syed Metha Bazaar Lahore on Monday collapsed. According to the reports, many are feared trapped under the debris of the building. Rescue teams rushed to the spot and launched operation. A three-story building has collapsed in Syed Mitha Bazar area of Lohari Gate. Several people got trapped under tonnes of debris of the collapsed building as two families were residing in the building. Earlier, at least eight people had lost their lives and seven sustained injuries after a three-storey residential building collapsed situated in Punjab’s Muzaffargarh city. The dead bodies and injured persons including a child in critical condition were shifted to DHQ Hospital. Rescue sources had said the building was in dilapidated condition which collapsed after the construction of a market adjacent to it. Police said six persons from a family killed in the incident. Two persons are also among the deceased people who had arrived in the building to meet their relatives.