India, Aug. 29 -- Three children were injured after a wall of an abandoned house collapsed on them in east Delhi's Mandawali area on Friday afternoon following heavy rains.

Police said the children - Pankaj (8), Dhruv (10) and Aadi (8) - were returning home from school and crossing the house when a wall suddenly gave way, trapping them under the debris. "It was an old, dilapidated house and the wall fell because of the rain. Nobody lives there. The children were passing beside the wall when it collapsed on them," said deputy commissioner of police (east) Abhishek Dhania.

The Delhi Fire Services said they received a call about the incident around 1pm. Two fire tenders were rushed to the spot. "With the help of locals, we removed the rubb...