One person was killed while several others are feared trapped under the debris after a six-storey residential building collapsed in Sachin Pali area of Gujarat’s Surat city on Saturday evening.
At least 15 people have been injured in the incident.
According to reports, five families were residing in the building which was in a dilapidated condition and collapsed following heavy rains in the area over the last few days.
Surat district collector Sourabh Pardhi said the search and rescue operations were still on with the help of state and national disaster response forces.
"We learnt that four to five flats in the building were occupied. One woman has been rescued. Four to five people are still feared trapped underneath. Search and rescue operations are ongoing with the help of NDRF and SDRF. We are hopeful that the operation will end in a couple of hours," he said.
One body was pulled out by the evening.
