The roof at the site in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad district came down when dozens took shelter to escape the rain.At least 19 people died when a roof of a shelter at a cremation facility in northern India collapsed on Sunday, police said.
The roof at the site, in Uttar Pradesh state’s Ghaziabad district, came down when some 40 people had taken shelter beneath the structure to get out of the rain, trapping them under the rubble, divisional commissioner Anita C Meshram said.
Many victims were relatives of a local resident whose last rites were being conducted at the time, …
