KARACHI: One woman died, four people injured after a four-storey residential building collapsed in Lyari’s Khadda Market on Sunday night.

Ambulances have reached the spot and are waiting for rescue teams to pull people out of debris.

The body and the injured were taken to Civil Hospital, while rescue operations were under way to find those buried underneath the rubble, Edhi said.

Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah also took notice of the incident and directed the Karachi commissioner to begin rescue operations, according to a statement by his spokesperson.

The area plunged into darkness as electricity went out soon after the incident.

Police and Rangers have also reached the spot to clear the area for rescue teams.