LUCKNOW, India, Jan 24 (Reuters) – Rescue staff pulled 12 individuals, together with two youngsters, out of the rubble after a residential residence block collapsed within the northern Indian metropolis of Lucknow, however extra have been feared trapped inside, a neighborhood police official mentioned on Tuesday.

At least 12 extra individuals have been feared trapped, the official mentioned, as rescue staff sought to clear rubble and particles from the positioning, positioned in a crowded and posh space of Lucknow, the capital of India’s most populous state of Uttar Pradesh.

Police didn’t instantly touch upon any doable causes for the collapse.

“We have pulled out 12 people as of now, including two children, and there has been no recovery of a dead body,” Director General of Police of Uttar Pradesh, D S Chauhan, informed reporters close to the positioning.

Television channels confirmed piles of brick and concrete and police groups clearing the rubble to seek for survivors.

A complete of 24 individuals have been feared trapped when the constructing collapsed, Chauhan mentioned.

Reporting by Saurabh Sharma in Lucknow; writing by Shivam Patel and Shilpa Jamkhandikar; Editing by Frank Jack Daniel and Bernadette Baum

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