Two people were killed and six others injured when a two-storey old house suddenly collapsed at 12.45am on September 22 at 107 Tran Hung Dao street in Hanoi.

According to the People's Committee of Hoan Kiem District, the building was built in 1905 and now is used as an office of the Vietnam Railways Administration

Hundreds of military officers were mobilised to search and rescue the victims

An ambulance took the victims to hospital

  Ms.Hang was among six rescued and being treated at Viet Duc Hospital. Two other women were found dead in the debris

 Deputy Minister of Construction Le Quang Hung inspected the collapse site

Colonel Nguyen Van Quyen from Hanoi's Police said that the 110-year-old building collapsed due to its weak walls which were badly damaged in recent heavy rains.