Chandigarh, February 8: In a sad incident, a three storey building collapsed in Mohali on Saturday afternoon. As per the locals, several people are trapped inside the debris. The district administration has launched a rescue mission as soon as they received the information. Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh asked the Additional District Magistrate of SAS Nagar to conduct thorough probe into the building collapse. He also directed district administration to take all possible steps to rescue those who might be trapped in debris.

Informing more about the rescue mission, Mohali Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Himanshu Jain said, as quoted by new agency ANI, "Two persons have been rescued. 6-7 persons still feared trapped under the debris. NDRF team & other support staff carrying out search and rescue operation." Delhi Building Collapse in Bhajanpura: 3 Children Die, 13 Injured; Arvind Kejriwal to Reach Spot.

Here's the ANI tweet:

According to the latest information, as quoted by news agency ANI, the three-storey building collapsed in the Landra Road in the afternoon. Though no casualty has been been reported as of yet, emergency services were pushed in for rescue mission. Local fear that more that 10 persons are trapped inside the debris.

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