Building collapses in Ghaziabad, six injured

Five labourers and a child were injured when a five-storey building collapsed in Ghaziabad on Sunday when workers were giving finishing touches to it.

The incident occurred at 3.30 p.m. in Akash Nagar, a residential colony, police said.

When Senior Superintendent of Police Vaibhav Krishna reached the spot, the locals said that the building was a shelter for labourers.

"Till now five labourers and a five-year-old child have been rescued," said Krishna.

--IANS

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