Two people were killed and a woman was critically injured after a two-storey house collapsed in the Chhatari area of Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district early on Friday, October 30, officials said.

Source: ANI via Latestly

Chhatari Nagar Panchayat Chairman Haji Salim told ANI that two people died in the incident and only one woman survived. "Two people died, and only one woman survived in the incident. She has been referred to Aligarh," he said.

A family member, Gyanchand, told ANI that the deceased were his son and his younger brother, and that his mother had been admitted to a hospital in Aligarh in a very critical condition.

Rescue teams — including the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), local police, the fire brigade and Civil Defence personnel — reached the site and began clearing the debris and searching for possible survivors, officials said.

Source: ANI via Devdiscourse

2People killed in the collapse
1Woman critically injured, referred to Aligarh
2-storeyHouse that collapsed in Chhatari

District officials said State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) personnel and multi-disaster response vehicles from Aligarh were also part of the coordinated rescue effort at the site.

Source: Daily Kiran

Officials said the cause of the collapse is not yet known and further details are awaited as the rescue operation continues.