Bengaluru: Three labourers were killed and five others injured at a private warehouse after goods boxes, plastic crates and iron racks fell on them while working.
The incident took place around 12.30pm on Thursday, at the warehouse of Holisol Logistic Pvt Ltd in Seegehalli village near Whitefield.
The deceased are Farooq (22), Subash (26) and Gyan Darshan (25), residents of Seegehalli, originalli hailing from Odisha.
As many of the workers ran out on hearing the creaking sound, atleast 20 of them had a narrow escape. Four workers — Kuldeep, in charge of the warehouse; Janaki Ram, of Tirumalashettihalli Cross; Narayanaswamy, of Channasandra; and Bahubali, from Nepal — were pulled out from under the boxes in the nick of time. They were rushed to hospital before police and rescue teams arrived at the spot.