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Portion of building collapses
Petlee Peter
— Photo: S. Kannan
A view of the building at West Mambalam on Sunday.
CHENNAI: A portion of a dilapidated building, believed to be about 60 years old, collapsed near the West Mambalam railway station on Sunday night. No one was injured.
The building on Hanuman Koil Street has a restaurant on the ground floor, a photo studio and three houses on the first floor and a house on the second floor. A part of the second floor collapsed at 9.30 p.m. Cracks on the building were widened by the roots of a peepal tree.
Tenants Shambavi Rao (63) and her daughter Rani (38) were watching television when a part of their home gave way. They were able to rush to safety through a flight of stairs.
The debris that was left hanging dangerously on the second floor was cleared by seven firemen and two fire tenders. Only a week ago, an adjoining building had collapsed, injuring two people, said Tirupathy, a vegetable vendor on Station Road.
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