Building collapse in Delhi suburb kills at least 4

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At least four people were killed after a six-story building collapsed onto an adjacent construction site in Greater Noida near New Delhi, local broadcaster NDTV reported.

Police said the building that collapsed on Tuesday night was constructed a few years ago and is “clearly a weak structure,” Ram Kumar, the police inspector general said.

NDTV reported that four people, including the man who owned the site under construction, have been arrested.

Two bodies were found in the rubble during the wee hours on Wednesday, a third body was recovered six hours later, and the fourth body was discovered in the late afternoon.

At least of 50 people were feared trapped, according to local media. The rescue operation is still underway.

Rescue workers look for survivors amid the rubble at the site of a collapsed residential building at Shah Beri village in Greater Noida, India, July 18, 2018. /VCG Photo

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