Kolkata: At least 17 killed and over 78 injured when a bridge collapsed in Kolkata on Thursday. Rescue operations are underway and officials are trying to pull out people trapped under the bridge. DMG officials are using gas cutters to save trapped people.
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The location of the bridge is in a densely populated locality in BaraBazar. Visuals emerging from the location show huge amounts of tangled metal and concrete. There was also a fire reported under the bridge. The fire has been linked to fuel tanks that were under the bridge.
“We heard a noise and got scared. Yesterday it was welded.The bridge collapsed. I think at least 150 people are under the debris,” an eye-witness Ramesh Kejriwal said. The army, police and the ambulance reached the accident spot to evacuate the victims.
