BENGALURU: At least seven persons, including three women, were killed and several others feared trapped when a two-storey building collapsed due to a suspected LPG cylinder blast near Ejipura in the city today.
Eyewitnesses said the blast took place at around 7 am, bringing down a large portion of the 20-year-old building.
Fire brigade and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel, who rushed to the spot, recovered the bodies, including those of the three women, the police said.
The deceased have been identified as Kalavathi (68), Ravichandran (46), Prasad (18), Ashwini (28), Saravana (18), Maladri (25) and Sarva Kalyan (19).
The Government has announced a compensation of Rs five lakh each for the kin of the deceased. (AGENCIES)
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