17 animals killed as shed collapses due to rains in Delhi

Seventeen animals were killed and five injured after a tin shed collapsed due to rains in Delhi's Najafgarh, fire officials said Thursday. The incident happened around 2 am in Prem Nagar area, they said.

A temporary tin shed, covering around 1,350 sq feet, was put up for the animals and the terrace of it was loaded with fodder and grass, a senior fire officer said. Due to heavy rains, it collapsed and 13 buffalos, two calves and two cows died, while five buffalos got injured, he said.