7 killed and 20 injured in Thai building collapse

At least seven people, including an infant, were killed and 20 others injured today after a six-storey building under construction collapsed on the outskirts of Bangkok.

The incident occurred in north of Bangkok neighbouring Pathum Thani province.

About 50 workers were working at the site when the structure collapsed, the Bangkok Post reported.

According to emergency workers at least 20 workers were trapped under the rubble. The dead included a mother and her infant baby.