Kolkata, March 18: A five-storey under-construction building collapsed in South Kolkata's Metiabruz area on Monday, a senior fire official said.

According to the director in charge of West Bengal Fire and Emergency Services, Abhijit Pandey, the under-construction building collapsed in the wee hours of Monday.

"A 5-storey building (illegally constructed) has collapsed at Hazari Mollah Bagan; Garden Reach; Metiabruz, KMC Ward No. 134," West Bengal Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari posted from his X handle, adding that the particular area falls under the 'citadel' of Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim. West Bengal Fire: Blaze Erupts at Plastic Godown in Kolkata, No Casualty Reported.

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