Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], September 29 (ANI): The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on Wednesday rescued eight people after a two-storied building collapsed in the Ahiritola area of Kolkata.

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], September 29 (ANI): Two persons, including a 3-year-old were killed after a portion of a residential building collapsed in Kolkata on Wednesday morning. They were rescued from the debris of the building in Ahiritola lane in the city but later succumbed to their injuries.

Kolkata Sep 29 PTI A portion of an old two-storeyed building in the northern part of the citys Ahiritola lane collapsed on Wednesday morning in which two persons including a child are feared trapped under the rubbles police said A huge team of disaster management fire department police personnel from the local police station are at the spot an officer of Kolkata Police said So far four persons have been rescued We are trying to rescue two others still trapped under the rubbles There is a still a child and another person underneath he said The portion of the building at 9 Ahiritola lane where two families have been staying collapsed at around 640 am he said One of the two families managed to get out of the rubbles through a big gap but another family including a child got trapped under the rubbles Our men have pulled out four and are trying to rescue others he said Locals rushed to the spot and informed the Jorabagan Police Station who along with personnel of the fire department and disaster management department rushed to the spot the officer said adding that those rescued have been taken to a nearby hospital The entire building is in a very bad shape and we have to conduct the rescue operations very cautiously otherwise there are chances of another disaster he added PTI SCH RG RG