Kolkata: One person was killed and seven others were injured when a portion of the balcony of an old and dilapidated warehouse in Chitpur area collapsed, a senior officer of police said on Thursday.
According to locals, a two-storied sugar factory located at 5, Khagen Chatterjee Road, opposite the Cossipore Gun and Shell Factory, has the factory in the ground floor, with the first floor being used as the labourers' quarters. On Wednesday evening, eight persons were standing under the balcony of the building. At around 8.50 pm, a portion of the balcony collapsed on the people standing beneath. They were immediately rushed to different hospitals across the city by their family members. One of the injured Manju Singh (54) succumbed to her injuries at the Bisudhananda Saraswaty Marwari Hospital. Meanwhile, two of the injured were treated and discharged from a nursing home in Bagbazar. Five others are still undergoing treatment in multiple hospitals. "A portion of a balcony measuring 8ft by 10ft of the labourers' quarters on the first floor of an old dilapidated (G+1 storied) warehouse, collapsed on Khagen Chatterjee Road. We have rescued other residents of the building safely," an officer said.