50 feared dead in multi-storey building collapse in Lyari

Pic22-007 KARACHI: Apr22-Rescue workers and volunteers look for survivors amid the rubble of a 5 Floor Building Collapse as at least two people were killed while eight others were injured after a multi-storey residential building in Lyari's Liaquat Colony collapsed 30 more feared trapped under debris, in provincial capital. ONLINE PHOTO by Sabir Mazhar

Karachi (HRNW) A six-storey residential building collapsed in Lyari’s Khadda Market on Sunday night.

Six bodies have been pulled out from under the debris– three men and three women– and 12 people have sustained injured in the incident, according to rescue workers.

It is believed that there were around 50 to 60 people in the building at the time of the collapse. Around 10 families lived in the building.

The building was constructed on 400-square yard plot. An adjoining five-storey building was also damaged in the collapse.

A resident said that some families had left the building minutes before it collapsed. The area plunged into darkness as electricity went out soon after the incident.

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