Three-storey building collapses in Delhi, no casualties

New Delhi Sep 1 (IANS) A three-storey building collapsed in Sadar Bazar area here on Friday evening police and fire officials said adding that there were no casualties in the incident.

A Delhi Fire Services official told IANS that they received a phone call regarding the building collapse in Pan Mandi area of Sadar Bazar in central Delhi around 5.20 p.m. and seven fire tenders were sent to the spot.

A police officer who visited the spot told IANS that there were no reports of casualties yet as people ran out of the building when a part of it fell initially.

Later on the building collapsed completely he added.

The ground floor of the building had a couple of shops and the other floors were used to store merchandise he added.

--IANS
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