Abandoned 4 storied building collapses in Ahmedabad, no casualty reported

Ahmedabad: A portion of an old and abandoned four storied building situated near Ashram road in the city, which was being demolished, today collapsed suddenly but fortunately no injury or casualty took place, Additional Chief Fire Officer Rajesh Bhatt said.

The ground plus three (total four) storied building named Vraj, which was earlier used as a commercial complex was abandoned over 10 years ago. It was being demolished. This evening at around seven pm half of the structure suddenly collapsed, Mr Bhatt said.

‘Fortunately there is no casualty,’ the fire officer who was on the spot with the fire brigade team said.

He however said that it was a matter of investigation that the incident happened at its own or some mischievous elements made it happen.

Mr Bhatt said that almost half of the structure has collapsed.

DeshGujarat