Child dead, ten injured after apartment collapses in Hyderabad

Rescue operations are under way due to fear of more people stuck under the rubble

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A scene of the incident. Photo: Geo News 

HYDERABAD: A nine-month-old girl was killed after a two-storey apartment collapsed in Phalili Tando Mir area of Hyderabad. At least ten people were reported injured.

Rescue workers recovered the body of the child killed in the incident, while ten others including women and children were rescued and shifted to hospital.

Further rescue operations were underway due to fear of more people stuck under the rubble.

An adjacent warehouse caught fire during rescue operations, which was eventually doused by firefighters.