Balcony of old house collapses near Gurudwara Circle in Jamnagar, woman rescued

According to a report by Sandesh, an incident of a balcony collapse of an old house occurred today in a residential area near the busy Gurudwara Circle in Jamnagar city. A large slab of this decades-old and dilapidated house located in R.T. Jadeja Estate Society near Gurudwara Circle suddenly collapsed. As a portion of the first-floor balcony suddenly collapsed due to weak construction, a woman present there got severely trapped under the debris, stones, and cement slab.

Following this accident, chaos and a rush ensued in the entire area. Hearing the screams of the woman, people living nearby rushed to the spot immediately. Upon learning about this incident, local people informed the fire control room, so that the Jamnagar Municipal Corporation's fire brigade team promptly reached the spot with modern equipment.

The fire team carried out rescue operations on a war footing. The personnel worked hard to remove the slab and debris and safely rescued the injured woman. After being pulled out from the debris, the woman was shifted to a nearby government hospital for treatment via a 108 ambulance, where her condition is stated to be stable.