India, April 30 -- At least eight people were killed and four others injured when a wall adjacent to a queue line collapsed on the devotees at the Sri Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple at Simhachalam in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam in the early hours of Wednesday, officials said.

The incident took place at around 2:30 am when devotees were waiting in line for 'Nijaroopa' darshan of the deity on the occasion of the annual Chandanotsavam festival.

Following the collapse, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), along with local officials, launched immediate rescue and relief operations.

Soon after, state home minister Vangalapudi Anitha rushed to the spot of the incident. She told reporters that according to preliminary reports...