A construction worker and an employee of a restaurant were trapped when a two-storey building collapsed in Balaji Nagar, Puzhuthivakkam on Friday. Efforts were on past midnight to rescue Masoom Sait (20), the construction worker, while Palani (40), a cook at the restaurant, was rescued and rushed to a hospital.
“We went to the restaurant for dinner and even before we could realise what was happening, the building collapsed,” said Tajimuddin, a construction worker.
He had accompanied a group of workers, including Masoom Sait, for dinner at Chandra Mess, functioning out of the building that is about a decade old.
The building came down a little past 10 p.m. While Jayapal, owner of the restaurant and three employees managed to run out of the building, Masoom Sait and Palani, who was at work in the kitchen, were trapped. Fire tenders from at least 3 stations reached the spot. Firemen used earth moving equipment to clear the rubble. While they managed to remove Palani from the rubble and rushed him to a private hospital, efforts were on to rescue Masoom Sait.
