Himachal Pradesh Building Collapse Pictures: 8 Dead In Solan; CM Jai Ram Thakur Visits Site

The 28 people who were rescued comprised 17 soldiers and 11 civilians. The dead included the building owner's wife. (ANI)

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur and other officils met the injured. (ANI)

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur along with his Cabinet Minister Rajiv Saizal, MP Suresh Kashyap and state Assembly Speaker Rajiv Bindal reached the spot and supervised the rescue operation. (ANI)

The Army personnel and their family members had reportedly stopped for lunch at the restaurant. (ANI)

CM Thakur, who has ordered a magisterial probe into the incident, said as per his information the structure was not raised as per building specifications. (ANI)

CM ordered the registration of an FIR against the building owner Shail Kumar, who was away when the structure collapsed. (ANI)

The Indian Army, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and police are jointly carrying out the rescue operation, the official said, adding that National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team has also been called from Panchkula in Haryana. (ANI)

The rescued people sustained multiple injuries and have been admitted to a nearby hospital. (ANI)

The Deputy Commissioner said first the fourth floor of the building collapsed. Then the entire building caved in. (ANI)

Locals blamed unscientific construction methods and violations in the granting of construction-sanction for the building collapse. (ANI)

Both soldiers and civilians were present in the building, located on the Kumarhatti-Nahan road, around 55 km from Shimla. (ANI)

According to officials, the incident took place at around 4 p.m. on Sunday when soldiers, belonging to the Assam Rifles of nearby Dagshai Cantonment, were having their party at the roadside eatery-cum-residential complex which caved in due to heavy rain. (ANI)

Eight soldiers and a civilian were killed and 28 others rescued after a four-storey building in Himachal Pradesh's Kumarhatti town where Assam Rifles troopers were holding a party, collapsed due to rain on Sunday. (ANI)

Deputy Commissioner K.C. Chaman said six soldiers were still trapped in the debris and a rescue operation by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), the Army and the state police was on to save them. (ANI)