A 50-year-old man died and his 20-year-old son was injured after a two-storey house collapsed in west Delhi’s Jwalapuri on Thursday evening, trapping the two under the debris, officials aware of the matter said.
“The men were pulled out when the debris was being cleared. The cause of the collapse was not immediately known. The incident was reported at 4.03pm from a house in Jwalapuri, near Udyog Nagar metro station, according to the Delhi Fire Services. The fire department teams returned from the spot around 5.35pm after completing the rescue operation.
“The DFS received a call about the house collapse and rushed two water tenders, a water bowser, an immediate response team and a quick response vehicle to the spot,” a fire official said. There was no information initially about their presence,” a fire official said. The fire department said that legal proceedings were being carried out by Nangloi police station officials.
