An incident at Chennai…
Amid heavy rainfall in Chennai, Two people died after a portion of a 100-year-old building in the city's NSC Bose road collapsed on Friday (Nov 5) night.
As per the information, Three others were left injured due to the incident.
According to Chennai police, fire services personnel rescued the wounded and helped to clear the debris.
According to the statement given by IMD: Several parts of the city faced waterlogging as rains lashed the city over the past two days. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday (November 4) predicted that the heavy downpour is likely to continue in the states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry for the next three days. "Heavy rainfall spell likely to continue over Tamilnadu, Puducherry and Karaikal and Kerala during next 3 days," stated the IMD.
One person was initially reported to be dead while three others were reportedly injured. Soon after the incident, fire service personnel rescued the injured persons and were involved in clearing the debris.
The death toll in the Chennai building collapse rises to two," the Chennai Police officials said. The deceased was identified as Shankar who passed away at Chennai Rajiv Gandhi Hospital.
This is a developing story, information may vary. Further details into the matter are awaited.
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