India, Jan. 27 -- A four-storey under construction DDA residential building collapsed in Kaushik Enclave in Burari, north Delhi on Monday evening, trapping at least 25 people under it of whom 12, including four minor girls, have been rescued and taken to the hospital, police said.

According to Delhi Fire Services, a few labourers and their families were living in the building which was built on a 200 square yards plot.

"We don't know the exact cause of the collapse. It could be poor construction or something else. However, around 6.55 pm, we received a call that a building completely collapsed and all its residents were trapped under heaps of debris," said a fire officer.

SK Dua, fire officer, said at least 100 fire officers are on sit...