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Surat building collapse: Death toll rises to 7 – India News
A day after a six-storey building collapsed in Gujarat’s Surat city, the death toll rose to seven with six more bodies recovered overnight, PTI reported, citing police officials.
The incident took place in Pal area and the collapse happened around 2.45 pm on Saturday.
While a woman was rescued shortly after the collapse, the body of a man was pulled out late Saturday, an official said earlier. Rescuers pulled six more bodies from the rubble, police said.
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Seven bodies were recovered in the operation that continued throughout the night, Sachin GIDC police station inspector Jignesh Chaudhari said.
Rescue operations were carried out by teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the local fire department.
Surat Police Commissioner Anupam Singh Gehlot said the building was constructed in 2016-17. Around five flats were occupied, mostly by those working in factories in the area.