Three people were killed and eight injured when a four-storey building collapsed in northeast Delhi's New Seemapuri area on Wednesday afternoon. Eleven people were rescued from the debris, officials said.

The collapse took place near Idgah Machhli Mandi at around 3:30 pm. The Delhi Fire Service received a call and rushed fire tenders to the spot. Teams from Delhi Police, the Delhi Disaster Management Authority, the National Disaster Response Force, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board joined the rescue operation.

According to officials, those killed include a girl aged around 12, 21-year-old Gulafsa, who was about four months pregnant, and a child aged around one-and-a-half years. The injured were taken to Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital in Tahirpur.

Municipal councillor Pankaj Luthra said the building was believed to be 40 to 50 years old. The exact cause of the collapse is not yet known. Delhi Traffic Police advised commuters to avoid Seemapuri Gol Chakkar and DLF Bhopura as rescue work continued.