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Himachal Pradesh: Multi-storeyed building collapses in Shimla; no loss of life reported

Multi-storeyed building collapses in Shimla

Shimla: A multi-storeyed building at Chopal in Shimla district collapsed like a house of cards on Saturday afternoon, a senior state disaster management official said.

However, no loss of life has been reported as the building was vacated before it collapsed, he added.

A branch of UCO Bank, a dhaba, a bar and some other business establishments were located in the building.

However being second Saturday, there was a holiday in the bank located on the top floor of the building and none of the seven employees was present in the bank,  Chief Manager at UCO Bank's Zonal Branch at Shimla, Ramesh Dadhwal, said.

"As per the information provided to me by one of the employees posted there, some men sitting in the bar on the ground floor noticed sudden cracks in the window glasses," Dadhwal said and added that realising the danger, they immediately ran out of the building and alerted other people sitting in the bar and dhaba. (with Agency inputs)

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