Overview

• Early Monday, a toilet installed on the terrace of a one-storey house in Kamruddin Nagar gave way, causing the first-floor balcony and ground-floor roof to cave in
• Delhi Fire Service received a distress call at 7:12am and dispatched four fire tenders, rescuing two people from the debris
• The boy, identified as Vansh, was critically injured and died at Sanjay Gandhi Hospital while 45-year-old Sabir sustained minor injuries and received first aid on site
• Senior police and fire brigade officials reported the building was in a dilapidated condition and have launched an investigation into the exact cause of the collapse
• This incident is the latest in a series of building failures in Delhi this year, prompting intensified safety inspections and legal action against negligent property owners