Palakkad: A portion of a three-storeyed building collapsed in Pallakad on Thursday, leaving 11 people injured, police said.
The injured, including two women, were admitted to hospital. The nearly 40-year-old building situated in the heart of the city was under repair, police said.
A search is on to ascertain if any more people are trapped under the debris. Besides a hotel, the building also housed four mobile phone repairing units. According to preliminary information, the structure collapsed when a pillar of the hotel which was under repair,caved in.
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