Kolkata: Five killed as under-construction warehouse collapses

Five persons were killed and several injured when an under-construction warehouse near Brace Bridge in Kolkata’s Taratala area collapsed on Wednesday, The Hindu reported.

Earlier in the day, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said that three persons had been killed and 18 injured. Several persons were believed to be trapped beneath the rubble at the time, The New Indian Express had quoted the chief minister as saying.

Two more deaths were reported in the evening.

Teams from the Indian Army, the National Disaster Response Force, the State Disaster Response Force, the Kolkata Police and the municipal corporation were undertaking rescue and relief work at the site, Adhikari had said.

The police detained three people for interrogation, The Hindu reported.

Deeply pained and saddened by the tragic loss of lives due to the collapse of an under-construction warehouse building near Brace Bridge in Taratala, where several workers got trapped beneath the debris. So far 21 people have been pulled out of the collapsed structure, out of… pic.twitter.com/Hq9vZhg5AI— Suvendu Adhikari (@SuvenduWB) June 24, 2026

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