3 Firemen Killed As Building Collapses In Jammu

Three firefighters were killed and six persons injured when a three-storey building collapsed in Jammu city on Wednesday when fire department personnel were trying to put out a blaze, officials said. Director-General of Fire and Emergency Services, V K Singh said the building in Golepulli area of Talab Tillo, housing a sawmill on the ground floor, collapsed during the firefighting operation. “We lost three personnel in the incident, while six persons — four civilians and two firemen — were rescued in an injured condition and were evacuated to a hospital,” Singh who supervised the rescue operation,