Delhi rains: Woman, her three kids die after house collapses

Cars damaged, trees uprooted due to heavy rainfall. Pic/PTI

A 28-year-old woman and her three children died in a house collapse incident in Delhi's Najafgarh following heavy rains Friday morning, officials said. A tree fell on the house following strong gusty winds that accompanied rains in the city, causing it to collapse, they said.

The woman's husband has also sustained minor injuries in the incident, police said. DCP (Dwarka) Ankit Singh said at 5.26 am, a PCR call was received reporting the house collapse.

A woman, her husband and their three children were trapped under the debris, he said. "With the help of the police and fire department, they were pulled out of the rubble and shifted to a nearby hospital in Jaffarpur Kalan, where four of them were declared dead," the officer said.

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