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Karachi: One person was killed while 5 people including a girl were injured in the incident of roof collapse of a house near the football ground in Patelpara area.
As soon as the incident was reported, a large number of local residents gathered, while police and rescue volunteers also reached the spot and started rescue operations.
After installing ladders, the rescue personnel went to the first floor and after a tough struggle, they buried the injured under the debris and shifted them to the Civil Hospital for immediate medical attention. The deceased was identified as 37-year-old Muhammad Amjad, while the injured were identified as 20-year-old Shamila, 60-year-old Habib, 35-year-old Salam, 35-year-old Zakir and 32-year-old Kamran. Medical assistance is being provided.
According to reports, the roof of the first floor of the ground plus one house on a plot of 40 yards was made of precast and an attempt was being made to build one more room on top of this roof. went
There is a wood factory on the ground floor of the house and the workers were sitting on the first floor while the injured girl was standing in the street outside the house, who was injured by the falling debris.
The work of removing the debris of the collapsed roof of the house was going on till late night, while the Jamshed Quarter Police had cordoned off the said area.
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