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LAHORE: A house in Lahore collapsed during heavy monsoon rains, killing 11 people, an official said on Thursday.
“All of the victims belong to the same family,” says Amir Butt, the assistant commissioner in the area. He said six people had also been injured.
Rescue services in the tightly packed neighbourhood sifted through the damaged site and retrieved bodies and residents comforted each other nearby, AFP journalists saw on Thursday.
Ali Ahmed, 37, who lived near the collapsed home said his family had been jolted by a loud bang “like an explosion” the previous evening.