Four-storey building comes crashing down in Bengal, none hurt

A dramatic visual of collapsing a four-storey residential building in Bengal's West Midnapore went viral on several social media platform on Saturday. However, no one was hurt in the incident as the residents had vacated the structure after it began shaking while the canal was being dredged.

Kolkata: A four-storey residential building collapsed like a house of cards into a canal in Bengal's West Midnapore district on Saturday but no casualties were reported, officials said.

Dramatic visuals on social media showed the building leaning to its front and collapsing into a canal amid cries of scared people. Two of its top floors could be seen getting detached from the rest of the building under the impact.

Officials said there were no casualties as the residents had vacated the structure after it began shaking while the canal was being dredged.

The dredging work was going on in Gomrai canal in Daspur block of the district for the last few weeks, and the foundation of the building that sat on its edge might have got damaged due to that.

Though nobody was injured, the residents could not recover much of their belongings in time, they added.

(With inputs from PTI)