Four students dead, 12 injured in Vyara school roof collapse
Surat, Jan 26 (UNI) At least four students died and 12 critically injured when the roof of a residential girls school at Dhichakpura, 90 km from here, collapsed this evening.
Police sources said the roof slab of the Adarsh Nivasi Shala School in the tribal taluka of Vyara collapsed at 1730 hrs, killing four students while 12 others were critically wounded.
More than 100 students and staff are still trapped inside the debris, they added.
Bodies of the deceased have been recovered while the injured admitted to the Referral Hospital in Vyara, sources said.
Fire Brigade is conducting a rescue operation, while five more vans have been despatched from Surat to the spot.
Senior police and administration officials have also reached the spot.
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