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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|2024 accident in Surat, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox disaster<br />
| date = {{start date|df=y|2024|7|6}}<br />
| location = [[Surat]], [[Gujarat]]<br />
| cause = [[Building collapse]]<br />
| reported deaths = 7<br />
| reported injuries = 15<br />
}}<br />
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On 6 July 2024, following heavy rains, a residential building [[building collapse|collapsed]] on the outskirts of [[Surat]] in the [[States and union territories of India|Indian state]] of [[Gujarat]]. Seven people were killed and more than 15 were injured.<br />
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== Incident ==<br />
At 14:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]] on 6 July 2024, a residential building [[building collapse|collapsed]] on the outskirts of [[Surat]] in [[Gujarat]].<ref name="NDTV">{{cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/7-killed-in-surat-building-collapse-bodies-pulled-out-of-debris-overnight-6050985|title=Surat Building That Collapsed Killing 7 Was Built Illegally In 2017 |work=[[NDTV]]|date=7 July 2024|access-date=7 July 2024}}</ref> The six storey building collapsed following heavy rains.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/india/story/surat-disaster-7-found-dead-in-rubble-of-collapsed-6-storey-building-more-feared-trapped-436136-2024-07-07|title=Surat disaster: 7 found dead in rubble of collapsed 6-storey building, more feared trapped|newspaper=[[Business Today (India)|Business Today]]|date=7 July 2024|access-date=7 July 2024}}</ref> Seven people were killed and more than 15 were injured in the accident.<ref name="IE">{{cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/surat-building-collapse-live-updates-death-toll-rescue-ops-9437741/|title=Surat building collapse: Death toll climbs to 7; building owner, son booked|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|date=7 July 2024|access-date=7 July 2024|archive-date=7 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707030831/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/surat-building-collapse-live-updates-death-toll-rescue-ops-9437741/|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Aftermath ==<br />
Search and rescue operations were carried out by the [[National Disaster Response Force]] (NDRF) and the local authorities.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/surat-building-collapse-death-toll-many-trapped-rescue-operations-ndrf-sdrf-2563368-2024-07-07|title=7 dead in Surat building collapse, several trapped|newspaper=[[India Today]]|date=7 July 2024|access-date=7 July 2024|archive-date=7 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707024348/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/surat-building-collapse-death-toll-many-trapped-rescue-operations-ndrf-sdrf-2563368-2024-07-07|url-status=live}}</ref> The rescue operations continued to the next day to try and rescue people who were trapped in the rubble.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/gujarat/six-storey-residential-building-collapses-in-surat-city-rescue-operations-on/article68375409.ece|title=Surat building collapse: Seven killed as rescue operation underway|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=7 July 2024|access-date=7 July 2024|archive-date=6 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240706164604/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/gujarat/six-storey-residential-building-collapses-in-surat-city-rescue-operations-on/article68375409.ece|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Investigation ==<br />
Government authorities informed that the building had been constructed illegally in 2017 and only five families were occupying the building.<ref name="NDTV"/> The owners of the building were booked under the [[Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita]].<ref name="IE"/><br />
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