Death Toll in Kolkata Warehouse Collapse Reaches 16 as Rescue Continues

Kolkata warehouse collapse death toll rises to 16; rescue ops enter 4th day

Cameras placed beneath the rubble check for trapped persons, while phone tower data is used to trace the location of people whose phones remain active. 

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Kolkata Warehouse Collapse Death Toll Rises To 16; Rescue Operation Enters Fourth Day

Kolkata: The toll in the Kolkata warehouse collapse incident rose to 16 on Saturday with the death of an injured person in a hospital, while rescue teams from multiple agencies sifted through the debris on the fourth day since the incident to ensure no one is still trapped, officials said.Cameras have been placed beneath the rubble to check for trapped persons, while mobile phone tower data is being used to trace the location of individuals whose phones remain active under the debris."Our first priority is to complete the search and rescue operation. Teams are carefully checking every part of the collapsed structure. Massive debris clearance will start only after we are fully satisfied that no one is trapped inside," an official said.Large-scale debris removal will begin only after rescue personnel are certain that there are no more survivors or bodies under the rubble, he said.West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari Blames Former TMC Regime For Warehouse Collapse, Announces Construction Audit Across Kolkata A senior state government official said, "A person, Khalek Sardar of Basanti, undergoing treatment at the hospital, died. With this, the toll in the incident rose to 16, with 17 others undergoing treatment." He said the rescue operation was being carried out with utmost caution to avoid any risk to rescuers and to ensure that no victim was missed.The Indian Railways joined the rescue operation on Friday after the NDRF sought its assistance in cutting and removing twisted steel structures to facilitate the search for those feared trapped under the debris.The warehouse, which was being constructed, collapsed on Wednesday afternoon. The body of the principal contractor, who was among the five people named in the FIR registered in the case, was recovered from the site.Police have formed a Special Investigation Team to probe how the structure collapsed. (Except for the headline, this article has not been edited by FPJ's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)

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Kolkata warehouse collapse: Death toll climbs to 16 as rescue op underway on fourth day – what we know

The Kolkata warehouse collapse death toll reached 16 after an injured individual died in hospital. Rescue operations continue, focusing on debris clearance and employing cameras to detect survivors, while authorities wait for confirmation that no one else is trapped.

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Kolkata: Death Toll Rises To 15 In Warehouse Collapse

All of them were declared dead at SSKM Hospital upon arrival. At present, 18 injured workers have been undergoing treatment at the state-run facility. The condition of five among them is critical.

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