Six floors reportedly collapsed around 6.30 pm at Chintels Paradiso, a high rise residential society located in sector 109 on Dwarka Expressway in which two died and 5-6 people are still trapped on Thursday.

Commissioner of Gurugram police, fire officials and teams of civil defence, SDRF and NDRF have also been reached on the spot.

However, the number of people trapped in the building’s debris is yet to be ascertained but initial reports suggest as many as 5-6 could be trapped.

Meanwhile, the rescue teams started digging the debris to rescue the trapped residents.

According to the district administration spokesperson, The ceiling and lenter of the sixth floor collapsed and damaged lenters till the first floor.

The initial report suggested that two were dead while half a dozen persons were feared trapped.

There is a total of 530 flats and 420 families are living in it. The Fire brigade, ambulance and police forces are present on the spot and rescue work is going on.

"We received information that a portion of a residential society has collapsed. At the spot, an under-construction lenter of the sixth floor collapsed till the first floor and damaged all floor lenters. The number of people trapped in the building’s debris is yet to be ascertained but we suspect that around 5-6 could be trapped," Gulshan Kalra, Deputy Director Fire Department said.

In some parts of society, construction is still going on.

Chintels in a statement said "This is an extremely unfortunate incident and we have taken it very seriously as the safety of our residents is our utmost concern. Upon preliminary investigations, we have come to know that some negligence in repair work done by the contractor in an apartment led to this incident. We are fully cooperating with the authorities and ensuring all support. We extend our heartfelt condolence to the affected families."