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The building collapsed around 3.30pm in the cramped lanes of New Seemapuri, where locals rushed to help firefighters clear debris.
The building that fell stood on a plot of roughly 25 square yards. Residents told officials that the owner of the adjacent building had carried out illegal construction, about which a complaint had been filed earlier.
A Seemapuri residential building collapsed on Wednesday, trapping residents under heavy debris. Gulafsa's call from beneath the rubble underscored both the rescue effort and the tragedy.