A day after a six-storey building in Gujarat’s Surat city collapsed, the death toll has risen to seven, with the recovery of six more bodies overnight, PTI reports, citing police officials.
The incident took place at the Pal area and the collapse happened at around 2.45 PM on Saturday.
While a woman was rescued soon after the collapse, the body of a man was pulled out on Saturday night, an official earlier said. Rescue teams later pulled out six more bodies from the debris, police said.
Seven bodies have been recovered in the operation that continued through the night, Sachin GIDC police station inspector Jignesh Chaudhari said.
Rescue operations were undertaken by teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and local fire department.
Surat Police Commissioner Anupam Singh Gehlot said that the building was constructed in 2016-17. Around five flats were occupied, mostly by those who work in factories in the area.
