At least two people have died and dozens are feared trapped under rubble after a building site collapsed Tuesday in India's southern Karnataka state, officials told AFP. Rescue teams and ambulances were scrambling to Dharwad district, roughly 700 kilometres (430 miles) northwest of the state capital Bangalore, where the five-floor under-construction building crumbled.
A thick blanket of dust and debris engulfed the area after the five-storey building collapsed. Desperate family members rushed to the spot searching for loved ones trapped in the rubble.